01 — Privacy
Audio never leaves your machine.
Whisper runs locally. Speech is processed in RAM and discarded the moment we have your text. Nothing on disk, nothing on a server.
Voice typing for Mac & Windows 100% on your device
Don't be a snail.
Just press.
Press a hotkey, talk like you would to a colleague — a Slack reply, a commit message, a Cursor prompt with three paragraphs of context — then it lands at your cursor. Audio never leaves your machine.
Try it in 30 seconds — ⌘ Shift Space and start talking.
Workflow
Three steps. That's it.
No browser extension, no app integration. SnailText is one keyboard shortcut and one paste destination — your cursor.
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Press
Hit the global hotkey. The pill at the bottom of your screen wakes up.
⌘ Shift Space - 02
Speak
Talk like you would to a colleague. Whisper handles punctuation and silence.
- 03
Paste
Hit the hotkey again. Words land at your cursor, in whichever app you were in.
Speed
Talking is up to 4× faster than typing.
Watch the same prompt land in two ways. The keyboard takes its time. Your voice doesn't.
Talking
target.txt
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Press
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Speak
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Recognise
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Paste
Typing
target.txt
▍ Same prompt, two paths. An extra hour back, every working day.
Universality
Works in any text field.
No plugins, no app-specific integrations. SnailText pastes the same way you would — ⌘V — anywhere your keyboard works.
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Built for
The way you actually work.
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Vibe-coders
Talk to your AI agent
Send 200-word prompts to Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf in 20 seconds.
Code with voice -
Developers
Code comments, commits, Slack
Custom dictionary picks up Kubernetes, gRPC, async/await.
Ship faster -
Writers
Drafts at the speed of thought
Tweets, blog posts, scripts. Audio stays on your device.
Draft out loud -
Students
Notes, essays, no subscription
Free on tiny + base models. Works offline in libraries.
Study faster -
PMs
Status updates, fewer typos
Meeting notes, long emails, Slack threads. Three devices, one plan.
Cut the writing tax
Why people pick it
Speech-to-text that stays on your device.
02 — Hardware
Faster on a GPU. Fine without one.
Auto-detects Vulkan on Windows and Metal on Mac — uses whatever GPU you have. No GPU? The free models still finish in 1–3 seconds on CPU.
03 — Devices
One subscription, three devices.
Work laptop, home machine, the spare. All under one Pro plan. Other apps charge per seat — that gets expensive.
04 — Cross-platform
Same speed on Windows and Mac.
Most desktop dictation apps treat Windows as an afterthought. SnailText is built equal for both — same hotkey, same UI, same models.
Pricing
Two tiers. No surprises.
The free tier is unlimited and covers the everyday case. Pro is for the larger local models and the rare edge case where accuracy matters.
Free
$0 always
- Compact local models
- System-wide hotkey
- Unlimited dictation
- Custom dictionary & snippets
- Searchable history
- No account needed
Pro
$7.49 / month
$89 billed yearly
- Everything in Free
- Advanced local models — higher accuracy
- Faster inference for long-form
- 3 devices on one subscription
- 30-day refund, cancel any time
See full comparison Cancel any time. Local data stays.
Early access
From people who use it daily.
"I switched from Wispr Flow when I realized I was paying $15/mo to send my company's code review comments to a third party. Same speed locally, plus my work Windows ThinkPad and home M2 Air share one license."
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Alex
Backend Engineer · Early access feedback
"I draft long-form on the SnailText pill more than I type now. The trick: I added 40 names to the custom dictionary so it never butchers my characters' names again."
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Maya
Freelance Writer · Early access
"I'm not a writer, but I dictate Cursor prompts. SnailText feeds Cursor a 300-word context in 20 seconds. I'd be at 60 seconds typing."
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Daniyar
Solo Founder · Early access
FAQ
Quick answers.
Unlimited. No watermark, no monthly word limit, no trial timer. You can use the two smallest Whisper models for as long as you want — they cover most everyday dictation.
No. SnailText runs Whisper locally on your machine. Audio is processed in RAM and discarded — nothing gets uploaded, nothing gets logged on a server. You can verify it in your browser/network tab.
Yes. The two free models run on a regular CPU at 1–3 seconds for short phrases. A GPU makes the bigger Pro models faster, not the small ones. We auto-detect Vulkan on Windows and Metal on Mac.
SnailText supports 13 languages out of the box: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. More can be added on request.
Yes, one click in your account. You drop back to the free tier, your local data stays, and the bigger models become unavailable until you resubscribe.
Stop waiting
Stop being a snail.
No account. About thirty seconds to install. Then a hotkey for the rest of your life.
⌘ Shift Space — that's the only thing you need to remember.