Think faster.
Type less.

Dictate into any app with a single hotkey. Powered entirely by local AI — your voice never leaves your Mac.

Buy Sonivo — $35 $35 one-time·No subscription·For Mac

Requires Apple Silicon (M1 or later) · macOS Ventura 13.0+ · Intel Mac not supported

On-device · Zero latency
How it works

Three steps to flow state.

01

Hold your hotkey

Set any key combination. Press and hold — Sonivo listens immediately, with no delay, no interface in the way.

02

Speak naturally

Talk at the pace your mind works. Sonivo handles accents, pace, and context without complaint or correction.

03

Text appears, anywhere

Release to transcribe. Words land in whatever app has focus — Xcode, Notion, Terminal, Slack, all of them.

Privacy, by architecture

Your voice never
leaves your Mac.

Sonivo runs Whisper and other transcription models entirely on-device. There are no servers. No API calls. No data collection. The audio that enters your microphone stays on your machine — full stop.

Fully local AI

Models run on your chip. No cloud inference, ever.

Zero telemetry

We collect nothing. Not even crash reports.

No account

Download and use. No sign-up, no email required.

Works offline

In the air, on a ship, off the grid. It just works.

All processing
on this device
On-device
Internet
Cloud servers
Third parties
Everything you need

Built for the way
you actually work.

Push-to-talk hotkey

Set any key combination. Hold to record, release to transcribe. No buttons, no UI friction.

System-wide

Works in every app without exception. Notion, Xcode, Terminal, Slack, Safari — all of them.

Multiple models

Choose your transcription model. Trade speed for accuracy based on what you're doing.

90+ languages

Full multilingual support with per-language hotkeys. Switch contexts without switching modes.

Custom vocabulary

Teach Sonivo your terminology. Technical terms, names, and jargon transcribe correctly.

AI text polish

Optional post-processing removes filler words, fixes punctuation, and tightens prose.

Recording history

Every dictation is saved. Re-transcribe with a different model, or search through everything you've ever spoken.

Transcription Models

Choose your engine.

Run locally for privacy, or connect to the cloud for maximum accuracy. All models use the Neural Engine for fast inference.

WhisperKit Models
Private & Offline — Powered by Apple's Neural Engine
Tiny
Size~66 MB
SpeedFastest
AccuracyGood
Quick notes, drafts
Base (English)
Size~105 MB
SpeedFast
AccuracyBetter
Everyday use
Small (English)
Size~330 MB
SpeedFast
AccuracyGreat
Important documents
Recommended
Large V3 Turbo
Size~954 MB
SpeedFast
AccuracyExcellent
Best overall quality
Distil Large V3
Size~800 MB
SpeedFast
AccuracyExcellent
Great speed/accuracy balance
Lifetime License

Own it. Don't rent it.

Other tools charge monthly. Pay once — Sonivo is yours forever.

Other dictation tools
$12/mo

$144/year. Every year. Forever.

  • Recurring cost that never stops
  • Your data goes to their servers
  • Requires an internet connection
  • Account required to use
  • Price can increase at any time
This Is Us
Sonivo
$35

Once. Forever. Yours.

  • Pay once, own it forever
  • All processing stays on-device
  • Works with no internet
  • No account, no sign-up
  • All future updates included
Buy Sonivo — $35
Questions

The ones worth asking.

Yes. Whisper — the model Sonivo uses — was trained by OpenAI on 680,000 hours of audio. It consistently outperforms older cloud-based systems for most everyday use cases. For the vast majority of speech, accuracy is indistinguishable from human transcription. The main trade-off is speed vs. quality, which is why Sonivo lets you choose your model.
You keep a working copy of whatever version you have. It's not SaaS — there's no server to turn off. If development stopped tomorrow, the app you have continues to work exactly as it does today. The one-time purchase model isn't just better for your wallet; it's better for your peace of mind.
If you're on a subscription, you're renting something you'll never own. If your current tool requires internet, your audio is going somewhere — you're trusting a company with every word you speak. Sonivo is for people who want to own their tools and their data. If that's not a priority, Sonivo probably isn't for you. That's fine.
Sonivo is optimized for Apple Silicon (M1 and later). The Neural Engine makes local AI inference fast and power-efficient — transcription happens in near real-time without draining your battery. Intel Mac support is not available. macOS Ventura (13.0) or later is required.

Your thoughts.
At full speed.

Buy Sonivo — $35

$35 one-time · No subscription · For Mac