System-wide voice dictation for Windows and macOS that types polished text anywhere.
EchoWrite is a Windows and macOS dictation app built on OpenAI Whisper that types transcribed speech into any application via a global hotkey. It adds custom prompts for formatting and rewriting, real-time translation, and a fully offline mode using local Whisper and LLM models.
EchoWrite is a desktop dictation utility that runs in the background and turns speech into text wherever your cursor happens to be. A global hotkey starts listening, and on release the audio is transcribed and typed directly into the active field, whether that is Slack, Notion, VS Code or a browser form. Transcription is powered by OpenAI Whisper, either through the cloud API or through a local model that runs entirely on your machine. The free tier covers unlimited dictation and global hotkeys; custom prompts and real-time translation sit behind a one-time or yearly license. The tool is aimed at developers, writers and anyone who thinks faster than they type. Its distinguishing feature is a set of custom prompts that reshape raw speech before it is inserted: stripping filler words, restructuring a brain dump into a formatted document, or converting spoken logic into code. Real-time translation works the other way around, letting you speak in your native language while EchoWrite types the output in a target language you configure once. Language detection is automatic, so mid-sentence switches are handled without changing settings. Privacy is handled through a bring-your-own-key model. Audio is processed locally and sent straight to OpenAI with your own API key, or kept entirely offline with local Whisper models and built-in local LLMs (Llama 3.2 3B and Mistral 7B) for prompts and translation. There is no subscription markup on top of API usage: the vendor charges for the software, and you pay OpenAI directly at roughly $0.006 per minute of audio. That structure makes it cheaper than subscription dictation services for heavy users, but it also means setup requires understanding API keys or downloading local models. Compared with dictation built into operating systems, EchoWrite adds prompt-driven transformation and offline LLM processing. Compared with cloud dictation subscriptions, it trades convenience for cost control and data ownership. The main trade-offs are platform coverage (Windows and macOS only, with Linux not planned) and a reported limitation where switching windows during transcription can lose the captured text.
Free forever tier includes unlimited dictation with your own API key, a local offline model and global hotkeys. The yearly license is listed at $27 per year (from $57) and the lifetime license at $37 one-time (from $67), both adding custom prompts, real-time translation and updates. Cloud API usage is billed separately by OpenAI at about $0.006 per minute.
Learn moreNo dedicated integrations are required: EchoWrite works at the operating system level, typing into any application that accepts keyboard input, including Slack, Notion, VS Code and web browsers.
Global hotkey dictation into any app, OpenAI Whisper transcription via cloud API or local models, custom prompts for formatting, summarizing and code generation, real-time translation with automatic language detection, offline LLM processing with Llama 3.2 3B and Mistral 7B, and encrypted local storage of your API key.
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