Free and open source

Speak softly.
Type nothing.

Hold a key, speak naturally, release. Your words appear as text, instantly, privately, entirely on your Mac.

hush running on macOS, speech-to-text transcription overlay above the dock
How it works

Three steps. Zero friction.

No setup, no training, no cloud account.

01

Hold a key

Press and hold Fn or your configured hotkey. hush starts listening immediately, no wake word needed.

fnor configure your own
02

Speak naturally

Talk as you normally would. No commands, no pauses. hush transcribes in real-time on your device.

03

Release to paste

Let go and clean text appears at your cursor. Works in any app: email, Slack, code editors, anywhere.

Hey, can you send me the quarterly report by end of day?|

100% private

No cloud. No API calls. No telemetry. Your voice never leaves your Mac.

Near-instant

Moonshine on Apple Silicon. Transcribes 10 seconds of speech in 34 milliseconds.

Your models

Moonshine, Whisper, or any ONNX model. Download from settings or bring your own.

Free forever

Open source, no subscriptions, no accounts. Download once and it's yours.

Voice in. Words out.
Nothing else.

Free, open source, and built for people who value their privacy. Download hush and start dictating.

hush

Built with care. No data collected.