July 17, 2026
The best dictation apps for Mac (2026)
Seven tools compared by someone who makes one of them — real prices, platforms, offline options, and where your words end up. Including when the answer isn't mine.
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Notes on talking to computers.
Essays and practical guides from the maker of Acousmos — how AI dictation works, what the real numbers say, and what changes when every word you speak is kept.
July 17, 2026
What is AI dictation?
Speech-to-text plus a language model that cleans up what you say as you say it. How the pipeline works, real usage numbers from 11,669 dictations, the privacy questions worth asking, and an honest take on who doesn't need it.
More coming — roughly two articles a week. The next ones: dictation for RSI, and what 12,000+ real dictations reveal about how people actually talk to computers.