Introduction to VoiceInk

Welcome to VoiceInk

VoiceInk is a powerful, native macOS application designed to transcribe your speech into text with exceptional speed and accuracy. It is built with privacy and efficiency at its core, so you can use local models on your Mac and choose cloud providers only when you want them.

Whether you're a writer, developer, student, or anyone who wants to type faster and more naturally, VoiceInk offers a suite of features to streamline your workflow.

Core Features

VoiceInk is more than a transcription tool. These are the core pieces you will use most:

• Accurate, instant transcription: Local and cloud models turn speech into text quickly, with strong accuracy for everyday dictation.
• Privacy first: Local models keep voice processing on your Mac, while cloud providers are optional and configured by you.
• Modes: Apply different transcription, AI enhancement, context, output, and shortcut settings based on the app or website you are using.
• Context-aware AI: Let VoiceInk use selected text, clipboard text, or visible screen text to improve AI-enhanced output.
• Global shortcuts: Configure system-wide shortcuts for toggle recording, push-to-talk, hybrid recording, retry, cancel, and paste actions.
• Personal dictionary: Teach VoiceInk names, technical terms, phrases, and deterministic word replacements you use often.
• AI enhancement: Clean up dictated text, rewrite selected text, draft emails, or adapt output to a specific workflow.
• AI Assistant: Ask questions, summarize text, or give commands with your voice.

How to Use VoiceInk

1. Launch: Open VoiceInk from your Applications folder. You will see a VoiceInk icon in your menu bar.
2. Set up: Grant the required permissions and complete onboarding.
3. Record: Use your configured keyboard shortcut to start and stop recording.
4. Transcribe: VoiceInk turns your speech into text using the selected configurations based on your selected mode.
5. Insert: The final text is pasted at your cursor, auto-sent, or shown as an assistant response depending on the Mode.

These articles walk through the settings and workflows that help VoiceInk feel natural day to day.