Dictea

Intelligent voice dictation for macOS. Press a shortcut to start, speak, press again — your text is transcribed and pasted instantly.

Features

• Toggle dictation — Cmd+Shift+Space to start recording, press again to transcribe and paste
• Cancel anytime — Cmd+Shift+C to cancel without pasting
• 3 STT engines — OpenAI, Voxtral (Mistral), or Gemini (Google) — switch freely in settings
• AI reformulation — Clean up grammar, remove hesitations and repetitions
• Auto-translation — Translate to French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, or Portuguese
• Floating overlay — Minimal animated pill with real-time audio waveform
• Native macOS look — Dark glassmorphism theme, animated gradients, transparent title bar
• Bilingual UI — English and French

STT Engines

Engine	Transcription model	Reformulation model	API key
OpenAI	gpt-4o-transcribe	gpt-4o-mini	platform.openai.com
Voxtral (Mistral)	voxtral-mini-latest	mistral-small-latest	console.mistral.ai
Gemini (Google)	gemini-2.5-flash	gemini-2.5-flash-lite	aistudio.google.com

Installation

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

Platform	File
macOS	.dmg
Windows	.msi
Linux	.deb, .AppImage

macOS: The app is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate. After installing, run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Dictea.app

Then open the app normally.

Development

Prerequisites

• macOS 10.15+
• Rust — rustup.rs
• Node.js 18+ and pnpm

Install & run

make install   # Install dependencies
make dev       # Development mode (hot reload)

Build for production

make build

The .dmg and .app bundle will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd + Shift + Space	Start / stop & paste
Cmd + Shift + C	Cancel (no paste)

Architecture

src-tauri/src/
├── lib.rs              # App state, Tauri commands, config, shortcuts
├── audio/              # Microphone capture (cpal, 48kHz → 16kHz)
├── stt/                # STT engines (OpenAI, Voxtral, Gemini)
└── pipeline/           # Real-time streaming pipeline

ui/
├── App.tsx             # Root component with i18n provider
├── components/
│   ├── SettingsView.tsx    # Settings layout + sidebar
│   ├── OverlayView.tsx     # Floating waveform pill
│   └── pages/              # Dictation, Engine, Shortcut, Settings
├── hooks/useConfig.ts      # Config loading & auto-save
├── i18n/                   # FR + EN translations
└── types.ts                # Shared types & constants

Tech stack

Component	Technology
Desktop framework	Tauri v2
Backend	Rust
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Vite
Audio capture	cpal
HTTP client	reqwest
Icons	lucide-react
Fonts	Great Vibes, Nunito

Make commands

Command	Description
make dev	Dev mode with hot reload
make build	Production build
make install	Install dependencies
make clean	Clean build artifacts
make kill	Kill running processes
make logs	Tail application logs
make release VERSION=x.y.z	Tag & push a release

Config is stored in ~/Library/Application Support/com.dictea.app/.

License

MIT