Dictate 1.1.2

Setup

• The setup window no longer reopens at every launch once everything is ready
• The 🌐 key step is only listed when dictating with fn

Install

• Download Dictate-1.1.2.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 1.1.1

Dictation

• A key hit by mistake while holding the push-to-talk key no longer cuts the dictation: keep talking, the text arrives on release
• Shortcuts such as ctrl+C still go through without starting a dictation

Site

• Now served from dictate.polyforms.co

Install

• Download Dictate-1.1.1.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 1.1.0

Statistics

• Time saved: a new card shows how much time dictating saved over typing at 40 words per minute, speaking and waiting deducted
• By day, week or year, and since your first dictation, in hours and minutes

Site

• Feature comparison with Wispr Flow, Typeless, Superwhisper and VoiceInk
• A time saved card, and a branded share image

Install

• Download Dictate-1.1.0.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 1.0.0

Mac App Store

• Dictate comes to the Mac App Store, by Polyforms: sandboxed, reviewed by Apple Intelligence on your Mac
• The website and Homebrew versions keep Claude and update themselves as before

Dictation

• Dictation starts in your Mac's language, not the interface's
• The try-it page names the push-to-talk key you picked

Review

• Picking Claude needs a signed-in Claude account
• You can point at a claude binary even while Claude is greyed out

Site

• Privacy policy page, in English and French

Install

• Download Dictate-1.0.0.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.11.0

Statistics

• The display delay chart shows which model reviewed each day: Claude, or Apple Intelligence while offline
• A day where both worked splits its review time between them; the tooltip names the model
• Every dictation now records the model that actually reviewed it, offline fallback included

Docs

• README lists the statistics window; the site's delay card mentions the reviewing model

Install

• Download Dictate-0.11.0.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.10.0

Languages

• The app speaks English on every Mac not set to French, and French otherwise
• The language picker names languages in your interface language
• The disk image says "Drag Dictate to Applications" in English, then French

Review

• Apple Intelligence can review your dictations on this Mac: nothing leaves it, no account needed
• Pick Claude, Apple Intelligence or no review in Settings → Review
• When Claude is offline or fails, Apple Intelligence steps in

Install

• Download Dictate-0.10.0.dmg below, or: brew install --cask moifort/tap/dictate
• Existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.9.4

Recording indicator

• The waves are drawn like the ribbon on the landing page: gathered in the middle, flat tails, more crossings
• They follow each syllable, swelling and dropping with your voice instead of breathing

Dictation

• Quiet microphones no longer trip the silence gate

Install

• Download Dictate-0.9.4.dmg below; existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.9.3

Recording indicator

• Each wave follows its own band of your voice: magenta the lows, blue the mids, cyan the highs
• The waves lean left or right with the timbre of your voice, and follow each syllable more closely

Install

• Download Dictate-0.9.3.dmg below; existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.9.2

Transcript quality

• Symbols Parakeet cannot write (@, #, &, brackets, dashes) are now picked by Claude from the context
• Quoted words keep their « guillemets », with or without Claude

Install

• Download Dictate-0.9.2.dmg below; existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme

Dictate 0.9.1

Fixes

• Quoted words no longer come out as "": Parakeet has no quotation marks, they are now written as « guillemets »

Install

• Download Dictate-0.9.1.dmg below; existing installs update themselves
• Docs: https://github.com/moifort/dictate#readme