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VocalCode press kit

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The official brand spelling is VocalCode, one word, capital V and capital C. Vocal Code is a common spaced rendering of the same name. For attribution, link to vocalcode.app.

Fast facts

What it is
Push-to-talk voice input for coding with AI: hold a key, speak, release, and the text lands in the active field in most desktop apps.
Where recognition runs
On the user's own machine. No audio or transcript is uploaded; after the model download, recognition works offline.
Platforms
Windows 10/11 (64-bit) and macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon (arm64).
Price
Free and open source (AGPL-3.0-only). No purchase, account or activation required.
Models
NVIDIA Parakeet TDT v3 for 25 European languages (model-supported previews); Paraformer for Mandarin Chinese and English; SenseVoice for Korean and Japanese.
Creator
Solo developer Daming Wu. Released in 2026.

Boilerplate

VocalCode is a push-to-talk voice-input app for developers who work with AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Hold a key, speak, release: the transcribed text lands in the active text field in most desktop apps. Speech recognition runs entirely on the user's own machine — no audio is uploaded — and the desktop app is completely free and open source under AGPL-3.0-only. VocalCode is built by solo developer Daming Wu and runs on Windows and Apple-silicon Macs.

Logo

VocalCode app logo: five amber waveform bars on a dark rounded square.

The VocalCode mark, 256×256 PNG. Download mark.png. Please do not stretch, recolour or add effects to it.

Product images

Full-resolution official images. Click any image for the original file; the product gallery has price-free product artwork.

VocalCode marketing image: push-to-talk voice input for AI coding — hold, speak, release.
Just talk. It types.The push-to-talk gesture in one image.
VocalCode marketing image: private, on-device speech recognition with no audio uploads.
Private by designRecognition stays on the user's machine.

Reviewing the app?

Download the free app and test it on your own microphone and vocabulary. Source code and release notes are public. Native speakers can help with the language testing programme; participation is optional and the app is free for everyone.