Dictate anywhere on your Mac.

Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and Murmurio turns your voice into usable text in the app you already use. It is built exclusively for macOS as a native Mac app, runs locally on Apple Silicon, needs no cloud account, and gives you control over paste behavior, history, and permissions.

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Mac-only native app · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · No subscription

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Project Update

We shipped the new onboarding flow today. Early feedback is promising and setup feels faster.

Next, I’ll tighten the permission model and share an update with the team.

Your thoughts, at speaking speed.

Murmurio stays out of the way and lets you dictate in the app you already use.

Press your shortcut

Start from the menu bar, a global hotkey, Fn/Globe, push-to-talk, hands-free mode, or an optional local voice trigger.

Speak naturally

Murmurio records the session you started, shows a recording overlay, detects silence, and can prepare phrase chunks during longer dictation.

Paste and continue

The transcript is copied to your clipboard and can be pasted automatically or manually with Command-V.

Recording00:18

Murmurio captures ideas at the speed of thought and puts the words right where I need them.

Better words. Less editing.

Turn rough speech into text that needs fewer corrections before you send or save it.

Writing Tools

Before

I think that we should, like, maybe push the launch back a bit. There’s a few things that are still kind of messy.

After

I think we should push the launch back a bit. A few areas still need polish before release.

Grammar Assist
Dictionary
Snippets
Smart cleanup

Dictate faster

Start voice input from any app and choose the trigger style that fits how you work.

Global shortcutsFn/Globe supportPush-to-talk and hands-free modesVoice Trigger with local phrase detectionSilence controlsIncremental dictation during pauses

Better text

Turn rough speech into text that needs fewer corrections before you send or save it.

Grammar AssistApple Foundation Models when availableLocal Ollama model optionDictionary for names and terminologySnippets and replacementsFiller cleanup, number transforms, and domain transforms

Capture notes

Record directly into Murmurio when the thought belongs in a note instead of another app.

Dedicated Notes hotkeyNotes window with sidebar browsingPin important notesEdit title and bodyMarkdown-friendly capture10 free notes, with Pro removing the note limit

Stay private

Understand exactly what Murmurio needs from macOS and why.

Bundled FluidAudio CoreML speech modelsNo first-launch model downloadMicrophone only for dictation you startInput Monitoring only for your shortcutAccessibility only for automatic pasteClipboard fallback for manual paste

Customize the experience

Tune the small details that make dictation feel natural after the first day.

Recording overlay stylesHUD size, position, and transparencyTranscript HistoryCopy or reuse recent transcriptsLocal history retention controlsSearchable native settings

Notes, the moment they happen.

Use the separate Notes shortcut to dictate straight into a local note. Browse notes in the app, pin important items, and edit the title or body when you are ready to refine.

Dedicated hotkeyPinned notesLocal editing

Notes

PinnedProduct ideas

Add voice-first capture to Murmurio.

Project kickoff

Notes from the strategy call.

Product ideas

Focus on speed, accuracy, and getting words right where I need them.

Instant global shortcut
Local speech processing
Paste into any app

What you say stays yours.

Private speech recognition, built into the desktop.

Murmurio transcribes with bundled on-device speech models. Grammar Assist can use Apple Foundation Models when available, or a local Ollama model you choose.

On-device transcriptionNo cloud accountMicrophone only while recordingYou control permissions

Input Monitoring is used only for your configured shortcut. Accessibility is used only to send the paste command when auto-paste is enabled.

Made for the Mac.

Mac-only by design.

Murmurio is developed exclusively for macOS and Apple Silicon to deliver the best performance, keyboard integration, menu-bar behavior, and system permission experience for Mac users.

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General

Start automatically at login Play sound when recording startsPasteAutomatically paste resultsModelBundled on-device model

Native menu bar appGlobal shortcutsAutomatic or manual paste

Free to start.
One payment to go unlimited.

Free users can try daily dictation and create up to 10 notes. Murmurio Pro removes the daily dictation and note limits with one payment. No subscription.

50 free dictations per day
10 free notes
Unlimited dictation with Pro
One payment. No subscription.

Download Murmurio for macOS

Install in four steps.

DownloadGet Murmurio.zip from this website.
Open the appUnzip it, move Murmurio to Applications, and launch it from the menu bar.
Grant permissionsAllow Microphone and Input Monitoring. Enable Accessibility only if you want automatic paste.
Start dictatingPress your shortcut, speak, and paste into the app you are already using.

If macOS asks for confirmation because Murmurio was downloaded from the web, open it from Finder and follow the system prompt. Permissions stay user-controlled in System Settings.

Before you install.

Does Murmurio send audio to the cloud?

No. Speech recognition runs on device with bundled CoreML models. Optional Grammar Assist can use Apple on-device models or a local Ollama model.

Which Macs are supported?

Murmurio requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer on Apple Silicon.

Is Murmurio available for Windows, iPhone, Android, or the web?

No. Murmurio is exclusive to macOS. It is developed as a native Mac app so performance, keyboard shortcuts, menu-bar behavior, permissions, and the writing experience can be tuned for Mac users.

Why does it request Input Monitoring?

Input Monitoring lets Murmurio detect your configured global shortcut across apps. It is not used to capture typed content.

Why does it request Accessibility?

Accessibility is used only for automatic paste. Without it, Murmurio still copies the transcript to the clipboard for manual paste.

What happens after I download the zip?

Unzip Murmurio, move it to Applications, open it, then grant the permissions you want in System Settings.

Is there a subscription?

No. Murmurio Pro is positioned as one payment with no subscription.