Direct Mac download

Dictation that stays in flow.

Scribe is a lightweight Mac utility for hold-to-dictate capture. Press a shortcut, speak, and insert clean text into the app you were already using.

Version 1.0.0 (1) - macOS 15.0 or later

Scribe
Recording
Hold to speak
Release to transcribe and paste
Global hold-to-dictate shortcut
Menu bar control with a minimal recording HUD
Custom vocabulary cleanup for recurring words and names
Local transcript history for reviewing recent captures
Hold

Press your shortcut

Scribe stays out of the way until you hold your chosen hot key.

Speak

Dictate naturally

Capture quick thoughts, messages, prompts, and notes without switching apps.

Insert

Text lands where you were

When you release the shortcut, Scribe returns focus and inserts the transcript.

Install notes

Signed for direct distribution.

Scribe is distributed outside the Mac App Store while it moves quickly. Release builds are intended to be signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple before download.

After downloading

  1. 1. Unzip Scribe and move it to Applications.
  2. 2. Open Scribe once and approve the macOS prompts.
  3. 3. Choose your recording shortcut from the menu bar settings.

Permissions used

Microphone access for dictation audio
Speech Recognition for local Apple transcription
Accessibility access so Scribe can insert text into the active app

Release details

Version
1.0.0 (1)
System
macOS 15.0 or later
Download
2.1 MB
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