{"slug": "zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac", "title": "Zoryn Local-first speech-to-text for macOS, audio never leaves your Mac", "summary": "Zoryn launched a local-first speech-to-text app for macOS that processes all audio, text, and AI output on-device, requiring no internet connection or account. The app offers dictation and AI assistant modes, with a free tier of 5,000 words per week and a Pro plan for unlimited use at $7.99/month. Users at companies including DevRev, Cisco, eBay, Amazon, and OpenAI have adopted the tool.", "body_md": "[We're live on Product Hunt — give us an upvote](https://www.producthunt.com/products/zoryn?launch=zoryn)\n\n# Speak in any Mac app. Get clean text.\n\nOne key. Just speak.\n\nAll on-device. No account, no internet, no leaks.\n\nA day in the life of a [Senior Account Executive](/use-cases/senior-account-executive) using Zoryn.\n\nUsed by people at\n\n- DevRev\n- Cisco\n- eBay\n- Amazon\n- OpenAI\n\nThe fastest way to use AI on Mac\n\n## A voice button that works the same in every app — and never leaves your Mac.\n\n### One key in every Mac app.\n\nSlack, Mail, your editor, your terminal — anywhere on your Mac. Same shortcut. Same clean output.\n\n### Nothing leaves your device.\n\nVoice, text, and AI output all process on-device. No server in the middle, no account, no logs on our side.\n\n### Assistant Mode — AI on what you copied.\n\nCopy anything, press a key, and say what to do — “summarize,” “rewrite as email,” “explain this error.” The answer lands at your cursor. All on-device, no internet needed.\n\n## Two modes. Both work in every Mac app.\n\n### Dictation Mode\n\nPress one key. Speak. Cleaned-up text lands at your cursor — in any Mac app. Fast enough to become muscle memory.\n\nPress -> Speak -> Land\n\n### Assistant Mode\n\nCopy text first. Press the second key. Say what to do. The AI rewrites, summarizes, formats, or fixes it — and drops the answer at your cursor. Nothing leaves your Mac.\n\nCopy -> Talk -> Land\n\n## Free for most. Pro when you outgrow it.\n\n5,000 words a week — dictation and AI share the cap. Free forever. No account, no card.\n\nActive users save about 159 minutes a week — over two and a half hours back, every week.\n\nBased on a survey of Zoryn's 500 most active users.\n\nFree\n\n5,000 words / week — dictation and AI share the cap. Resets weekly.\n\nPro\n\nUnlimited words. Unlimited AI assistant. Less than $5/month.\n\nTwo and a half hours back, every week. For less than $2 a week.\n\n[Download free.](https://github.com/VillaAI/zoryn-releases/releases/download/v1.0.53/Zoryn-1.0.53.dmg)\n\nFree. No account. macOS 14+.\n\n### Three quick questions.\n\nIt's that, plus more. Copy something — a draft, an email, an error message — then press the second key, tell the AI what to do, and the answer drops at your cursor.\n\nNo. What you say, what it types, and the AI's answer all stay on your Mac. No internet needed for day-to-day use.\n\n5,000 words a week — dictation and AI assists share the same cap. Resets weekly. If you write or use the AI heavily, Pro is $7.99/month (or $49/year) for no caps on either.\n\nA few older Zoryn versions can get stuck where macOS blocks the updater from writing to its cache. Run the one-click repair tool at zoryn.ai/repair — it resets the cache in about 30 seconds without touching your transcriptions, settings, or license. Then check for updates again.\n\n[Download Zoryn 1.0.53 · 78.5 MB](https://github.com/VillaAI/zoryn-releases/releases/download/v1.0.53/Zoryn-1.0.53.dmg)macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac", "canonical_source": "https://zoryn.ai", "published_at": "2026-06-27 20:51:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-27 21:04:50.390025+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "natural-language-processing", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Zoryn", "DevRev", "Cisco", "eBay", "Amazon", "OpenAI", "VillaAI", "macOS"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zoryn-local-first-speech-to-text-for-macos-audio-never-leaves-your-mac.jsonld"}}