Dictation guides · Mac
Dictate in every app.
Wisper works anywhere there’s a cursor on your Mac. These guides show how to use it in the apps you write in most, and which style fits each one.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Free to start
Guides by app
Voice to text in Slack on Mac
Replies, threads and status updates. Hold one key, say the reply, let go. Clean text lands in the Slack message box — no “um”s, no typos, nothing sent until you press Enter.
Style: Default→Mac · WhatsAppVoice to text in WhatsApp on Mac
Text instead of voice notes. Say it like a voice note, send it as text. Wisper types a clean message into WhatsApp on your Mac — and translates it if they speak another language.
Style: Casual→Mac · TelegramVoice to text in Telegram on Mac
Chats and channel posts, in any language. Chats, groups and long channel posts by voice. Speak in your language, and Wisper can write the message in someone else’s.
Style: Default→Mac · GmailVoice to text in Gmail on Mac
Say the email, get greeting and sign-off. Gmail in your browser has no voice typing of its own. Wisper adds it: hold one key, say the email, and get a clean draft with a greeting and sign-off.
Style: Email→Mac · OutlookVoice to text in Outlook on Mac
Work email in a formal tone. Work email by voice, in the tone your clients expect. Hold one key in Outlook, talk, and get a clean draft — then make it more formal with one key.
Style: Email→Mac · NotionVoice to text in Notion on Mac
Brain dumps, docs and meeting notes. Brain dumps, specs and meeting notes, by voice. Hold one key in any Notion block, talk, and get clean text — or a tidy list of bullets.
Style: Quick note→Mac · Google DocsVoice to text in Google Docs on Mac
Long drafts, in any browser. Google Docs has Voice typing built in. Here’s when it’s enough, and when you want clean, punctuated text without saying “comma” and “period”.
Style: Default→Mac · WordVoice to text in Microsoft Word on Mac
Reports and long documents. Reports, proposals and long documents by voice. How Word’s own Dictate compares, and how to get clean text in Word with one key.
Style: Default→Mac · ChatGPTVoice to text for ChatGPT on Mac
Longer, clearer prompts by voice. The best prompts have context, and context is tedious to type. Say it instead — Wisper turns the ramble into a clear prompt in ChatGPT, Claude or any chat box.
Style: AI Prompt→Mac · Cursor & code editorsVoice to text in Cursor and AI code editors on Mac
Prompts and code comments in your editor. Explain the bug, the plan or the refactor out loud. Wisper types a clear prompt into Cursor’s chat — or a code comment into the file — with one key.
Style: AI Prompt→Mac · TerminalVoice to text for Claude Code on Mac
Talk to coding agents in the terminal. Coding agents in the terminal want long, specific instructions. Say them instead of typing them — Wisper pastes a clean prompt into Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty or Warp.
Style: AI Prompt→By what you write
Guides for students and writers.
Dictation for students on Mac
Draft essays by talking, turn a recorded lecture into flashcards, and send clear emails to professors — with one key on your Mac.
Read the guide→Mac · WritersDictation for writers on Mac
Get the first draft out at the speed you think. Wisper keeps your words — it removes the “um”s, not your style — in Scrivener, Ulysses, Word or Docs.
Read the guide→How it works
One key, every app.
Hold
Click where the text should go and hold right ⌥ Option — or Fn, or ⌥W.
Talk
Say it like you’d say it to a person. Press a number to switch style while you talk.
Let go
Clean text lands where your cursor is: fillers out, corrections applied, punctuation in.
Talk. Wisper types.
Clean text in any app on your Mac. Free every day; Pro from $4.17/month billed yearly.
