SaysmithAI dictation for your Mac

ALL LOCAL AIRuns on your Mac. Nothing goes to the cloud.

Say the messy version, paste the good one.

On-device AI, no subscription. Hold a key, speak, let go, and clean text lands where you were typing.

Download on the Mac App StoreFree for 7 days, then $19.99 once
The Saysmith panel: mode buttons for Clean, Email, List, Vent and Prompt, and a Hold to talk bar
Price

Try it free for 7 days.Then $19.99, once.

  • Every feature during the trial.
  • Starting the trial costs nothing and never turns into a charge.
  • No subscription. Family Sharing is on.
Download on the Mac App Store

For macOS 26 or later. The AI modes need Apple Intelligence (Apple silicon).

How it works

Hold, speak, let go

  1. 1

    Hold a key

    Right ⌥ by default, or the Hold to talk button. Saysmith listens only while the key is down.

  2. 2

    Speak

    Say it the messy way: ums, restarts, half-finished sentences.

  3. 3

    Let go

    Clean text is pasted right where you were typing, in whatever app you were using.

Five modes

One voice, five kinds of text

Pick a mode in the panel before you talk. The Vent and Prompt examples are real results from the app.

CleanRemoves filler words and fixes punctuation, keeping your words.

so um I think we should uh push the launch to, like, Friday

I think we should push the launch to Friday.

EmailTurns a quick spoken note into an email you can send.

tell Sam thanks for the deck and I'll send my notes by tomorrow

Hi Sam, thanks for the deck. I'll send my notes by tomorrow.

ListTurns a ramble into a tidy list.

I need milk, eggs, uh, coffee, and I have to call the dentist

Milk · Eggs · Coffee · Call the dentist

VentSay what you really think. Paste the reply you can send. Every fact, request and deadline stays.

The contractor left the job half done again. Seriously, I'm done with this guy. Tell him I'm not paying the last $2,000 until the bathroom tiles are finished and the leak under the sink is fixed, and he has until the 15th.

Hi,

You left the job half done again. I'm not paying the last $2,000 until the bathroom tiles are finished and the leak under the sink is fixed. You have until the 15th.

PromptRamble about what you want from ChatGPT or Claude. Paste a structured prompt.

So, um, I want my AI assistant to write me a workout plan, three days a week. I only have dumbbells at home, and I have a bad knee, so no jumping, and, uh, put it in a table with sets and reps.

Write a workout plan.

Context:
- I only have dumbbells at home.
- I have a bad knee, so no jumping.

Requirements:
- Put it in a table with sets and reps.
- Three days a week.

Format: A table with sets and reps

What you get depends on what you say.

The Um-meter

Count your ums

Every month Saysmith counts your ums, uhs, likes and you-knows from what the speech model heard, before cleanup. It stores numbers only, on your Mac, and you can share the card as an image if you like.

Practicing a talk? Rehearsal mode shows your words and fillers per minute, and pastes nothing.

An Um-meter card for October 2026: 25 filler words (12 um, 12 uh, 1 like) in 618 words dictated

A real card from our testing: 25 fillers in 618 words.

Privacy

On this Mac

No accountNo serverWorks in airplane mode
  • Apple's on-device speech model turns your voice into text on your Mac. The audio is never saved or sent.
  • Cleanup and rewrites run on your Mac with Apple's on-device AI model. No cloud AI, no API keys.
  • The app has no network access at all, so it can't send anything. On the App Store: Data Not Collected.

Read the privacy policy

Requirements

What you need

macOS and Apple Intelligence

macOS 26 or later.

The AI modes need a Mac with Apple Intelligence turned on (Apple silicon). Without it, dictation still works with basic filler removal.

Language

English first. The transcriber follows your system language where Apple supports it; the cleanup is tuned for English.

Questions? Setup fixes, purchases and how to reach us are on the support page.

Saysmith is a HOW TO // AI app, sold on the Mac App Store by Blue Ocean Water Inc.

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