Just talk.It types.
Push-to-talk voice input for coding with AI. On your machine, in most desktop apps, without sending speech to a server.
A capsule appears, you speak, the words are already in the file.
No window to switch to, no dictation box to copy out of. VocalCode types into the active text field in most desktop apps — your editor, terminal, chat or code review.
export async function refreshSession(id: string) {
const row = await db.get(id)
//
}
Speech recognition on your CPU
Audio is decoded on this computer. Responsiveness varies with hardware, audio length, language and model; we do not publish an unsupported latency promise.
of audio uploaded
Recognition sends no audio or transcript. Initial trial setup, activation, periodic licence refresh, model downloads and update checks use the internet.
Four on-device models
Choose one of 25 European language preferences, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Korean or Japanese. Parakeet detects European languages automatically; Chinese and English offer measured CPU choices; SenseVoice handles Korean and Japanese and is the balanced default for Chinese and English; Hindi uses the tested Qwen3-ASR route. The 25 European labels are previews pending per-language product testing. After the model is downloaded, recognition works with the wifi off.
Pay once. No subscription.
The recognition models run on your computer. The $4.99 licence has no recurring fee, includes updates within the current major version, and revalidates online at least every 30 days.
Forty seconds, and you'll get it
What you get
Questions
Does my voice go to the cloud?
Speech audio stays on this computer.
- Recognition runs on your own CPU; audio is never uploaded
- Recent transcript history stays in memory for this app session; it is not written to disk or uploaded
- Starting the free trial requires the internet once and sends a stable pseudonymous device fingerprint
- Manual activation sends the licence key and a stable pseudonymous device fingerprint
- A paid licence is revalidated online before its 30-day signed receipt expires
- Checkout polling sends that fingerprint; model downloads and update checks also use the internet
- None of those requests sends audio or transcripts
- After model download, recognition works offline; initial trial setup, activation and periodic licence refresh do not
- Read the full privacy notice
Which key do I hold?
- All of them are live at once — plug in a mouse or undock and nothing needs changing
- Rebind any of them in Settings
Where can it type?
Into the active text field in most desktop apps.
- Windows cannot inject text into an app running with higher administrator privileges
- Password and other secure fields, plus some apps, may reject synthetic input
- macOS text insertion requires Accessibility and Input Monitoring permission
Which languages?
- Choose Hindi, Mandarin Chinese or one of Parakeet's 25 listed European languages
- The European choices share one auto-detecting model; choosing a label does not constrain decoding
- Those 25 European choices are model-supported previews while release-binary tests are completed
- Mandarin Chinese offers three local models for speed, balance or high context
- Korean and Japanese use a dedicated on-device model
- Hindi uses the tested local Qwen3-ASR model
- Cantonese, Thai and Vietnamese are not available
Can it record meetings?
Yes — locally, after you explicitly press Start meeting.
- Record microphone, system audio, or both, with every participant's permission
- Import common audio formats and create timestamped transcripts, bookmarks and evidence-linked extractive notes
- Export Markdown, text, JSON or SRT; nothing is uploaded
- Meeting files are stored locally and are not encrypted by VocalCode
- Windows supports system-output capture; macOS system audio requires macOS 14.6 or later
Is it really buy-once?
Yes. $4.99 once, plus applicable tax.
- No subscription, no account, no seat
- One device per licence
- Free updates within the major version
- 30 days free first — no card
- Starting the trial requires internet once; its signed receipt is then checked offline
Mac?
- macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Developer ID-signed and notarised by Apple for Gatekeeper
- First launch asks for Microphone, Accessibility and Input Monitoring
- Accessibility lets VocalCode check the focused target; recognised text is sent with native macOS input events
- The app names each one and why it needs it