Wave lets you invoke an AI model anywhere on macOS using just your voice. Hold a hotkey, speak, and release—your speech is transcribed, processed, and the result appears exactly where you need it. If you're typing, it replaces or inserts text. If you're reading, it shows a floating answer. Works across all apps with selected text as context.
Wave is a native macOS dictation app that lets you invoke an AI model anywhere on your Mac using just your voice. Hold a hotkey, speak, and release—your speech is transcribed, processed, and the result appears exactly where you need it. If you're typing, it replaces or inserts text. If you're reading, it shows a floating answer. Works across all apps with selected text as context. Now with Groq ultra-fast transcription, Wave offers both local Whisper for complete privacy and Groq for real-time speed. No accounts. No friction.
Hold Right Option, speak, and release. That is the entire interaction. No launcher to open, no mode to switch—Wave lives in the background until you need it, working in any app on any screen.
Instead of dictating every word, just describe what you need. Say "Write an email to apply for leave tomorrow, doctor appointment in the morning" and Wave turns it into polished text ready to send at your cursor. No editing needed.
Highlight any text, hold the shortcut, and speak your instruction. Wave rewrites the selection in place. Fix grammar, rephrase, or transform content across emails, tweets, Slack messages, code comments, and docs.
OpenAI Whisper runs entirely on your Mac—audio processed in memory, never stored, never sent anywhere. Switch to Groq's API for near-instant transcription when speed matters more, using your own API key. Works fully offline with Whisper.
"Wave collects zero user data. No analytics trackers, no crash reporters, and no usage metrics phoning home."
This privacy-first approach is rare in voice AI tools. Wave was designed with privacy as the foundation, not as an afterthought. Combined with the ability to run completely offline using local Whisper, it gives you a dictation experience that never compromises your data for convenience. The app is also 100% free and open source, with no paid tiers for local use.
You want a frictionless voice dictation tool that works across every macOS app without accounts, subscriptions, or cloud dependencies. Wave is especially valuable if you value privacy and want AI that understands intent rather than just transcribing words. It runs on macOS 14 or later, supports both Apple Silicon and Intel, and is free to download from GitHub.
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