Press. Speak. It’s typed.
on-device by default · your words stay on your machine with local engines
The instrument
One hotkey. Any app.
Hold a key, say the thing, let go. Clean, punctuated text lands wherever your cursor is — your editor, your email, your chat. No window to switch to, no paste step.
Reply to Sam — sounds good, let’s ship Monday.
Privacy
Read the meter, not the marketing.
Most dictation tools stream your microphone to a server whether you like it or not. WhisperJot runs its speech models on your machine by default — so the network log during a local dictation looks like this.
outbound requests during dictation — local engines
Why voice
4×
you speak ≈220 words a minute · you type ≈45
Specification
The datasheet.
Speak into any app. Hold a key, talk, and the words land where your cursor is — email, docs, code, chat. No window switching, no copy-paste.
Private without thinking about it. Transcription runs on your machine by default — dictate on a plane, off Wi-Fi, nothing to upload. Rather keep your laptop light? Jot Cloud is one opt-in switch away, and switchable back anytime.
No editing pass. Say it once and it comes out ready to send — filler words gone, punctuation placed, your names and jargon spelled right. Optional LLM polish that never leaves 127.0.0.1.
Walk out with notes already written. Live transcription from your microphone while you talk, exportable the moment the meeting ends.
Find anything you ever said. Every dictation searchable, stored locally on your machine. Encrypted sync if you want your history on two machines — or never touch it.
Buy once, dictate everywhere. macOS, Windows, and Linux on one license. Native on Apple Silicon.
Before you decide
Quick answers.
Does my audio ever leave my computer?
Not unless you tell it to. By default transcription runs on your machine using local models, and the optional LLM text cleanup talks only to 127.0.0.1 — turning your Wi-Fi off does not stop local dictation from working. The one exception is Jot Cloud, the optional cloud engine: if you select it, your dictation audio is sent to whisperjot.com servers for transcription and is never stored there.
Why would I use the cloud engine?
To keep your computer light. The local engines download a speech model (Jot Local is about 2.3 GB) and use your machine’s memory while you dictate. Jot Cloud, the opt-in cloud engine, skips all of that — no model download, no RAM pressure — and transcribes fast on any hardware. The tradeoff, stated plainly: your dictation audio is sent to whisperjot.com, transcribed, and never stored there. Switch between the two anytime.
Is there a free trial?
Not yet. WhisperJot keeps billing simple: no meters, cancel anytime, and your plan stays active for the full period you paid for. The browser demo shows exactly what the app does.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes, self-serve — open your account and manage billing through the Stripe portal. Cancelling stops the renewal; you keep access until the end of the period you already paid for.
What platforms are supported?
macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon is the stable, reference platform. Windows is stable and ships alongside macOS; Linux builds are in beta. All are included in the same plan. Not sure your machine can run it? Check the system requirements.