What is Attyn?
Attyn is a macOS application that brings AI assistance directly to your cursor, inside the apps you already use. Instead of switching to a separate chat window, copying context, and pasting results back, Attyn works where you type, read, and think. It offers four core capabilities: Inline Assist for rewriting selected text in place, Realtime Dictation for turning speech into finished words, Screen Assist for asking questions about what is currently on your display, and Blackboard for turning questions into visual explanations. Attyn is bootstrapped, independent, and available for macOS today, with Windows support in development.
Who it's for
- Writers and communicators who want to polish emails, messages, or documents without breaking focus by switching between apps.
- Knowledge workers juggling Slack, Notion, Docs, and email who need AI context that follows them across tools rather than living in a separate tab.
- Privacy-conscious users who want the option to run local models or bring their own provider key instead of being locked into a single vendor's cloud.
Key features
Inline Assist
Select any text you have written and tell Attyn what the moment needs. It transforms the text in place, and you review the result before sending. No copying, no pasting, no new window.
Realtime Dictation
Speaking is the fastest way to get thoughts out, and Attyn turns that speech into formatted, finished words. Dictation is free for everyone with an account, raw or formatted, with no recurring cost.
Screen Assist and Blackboard
Screen Assist lets you ask about what is visible on your screen, while Blackboard turns questions into visual explanations. Both work within the same application layer, so you never leave your current context to get an answer.
Model flexibility
You can use Attyn Credits, connect a supported provider key, or run a supported local model. The same interface works across all three, so you can pick the right intelligence for each task without changing your workflow.
What stands out
The cursor becomes the point where intelligence enters the work.
Attyn's core insight is that AI should arrive where you already are, not the other way around. It works in any app that accepts text — Gmail, Slack, Notion, Figma, and hundreds more — because there is no integration list to maintain. The same harness that handles dictation also rewrites, answers screen questions, and teaches on a board, and you can own the app outright with a one-time payment rather than a subscription.
Worth checking out if…
You are tired of the copy-paste round trip between your work and an AI chat window, or you want an assistant that understands your context through profiles and memory without requiring you to rebuild it every time a new model appears. If you value model choice — cloud, local, or your own key — and prefer tools that respect your existing workflow instead of forcing a new one, Attyn is worth a look. Every new account starts with 500 launch credits, so you can try it without committing.
