AI speech to text · free & on-device · + one-time AI cleanup

You talk. It types.
Without the fluff.

Download for macOS How it works

Hold a key and talk — AI speech to text drops your words into any app. Free, on-device, no upload — and a one-time AI cleanup upgrade turns rambling into clean text.

on-device dictation / works in any app / on-device AI cleanup / transcribes audio files
01 / local-first

Your audio never leaves your device — and you never lose a word.

Transcription runs on-device, no upload, no "we promise" privacy policy. And every word is saved as you speak, so a recording survives even if the app closes or your battery dies.

02 / files too

Drop in a recording, get a transcript.

Drag a voice memo, interview or meeting recording into beanspill and it's transcribed right on your device — mp3, m4a, wav & more. No uploads, no per-minute fees. Free covers the first 10 minutes of a file; Pro unlocks full length.

03 / clean it up

Rambling in, clean text out.

Upgrade once and on-device AI cleanup tidies the mess as you go — filler words, stutters, false starts and run-ons gone, your meaning untouched. Runs locally in six languages — English, Russian, German, French, Spanish and Dutch. A screen-aware AI assistant is coming next.

04 / talk anywhere

Works in every text field.

System-wide hotkey. Drops text into Slack, your IDE, that one CRM, the email draft you've been avoiding. No copy-paste shuffle.

The category, generally

  • Dictation locked behind a subscription
  • Audio sent to a cloud you've never seen
  • Mac-only — Windows users left waiting
  • AI "cleanup" that uploads your text to the cloud
  • Your words gone if the app closes mid-sentence

beanspill

  • Dictation free & on-device, forever
  • Audio never leaves your machine
  • Mac and Windows, first-class on both
  • Cleanup runs on-device — your text never leaves either
  • Saved as you speak — you never lose a recording

How beanspill compares

The honest version. Wispr Flow and Superwhisper are good tools — but no single one is free, fully on-device, cross-platform and a one-time purchase, all at once.

beanspillon-device · one-time Wispr Flowcloud · subscription SuperwhisperMac-first · sub or lifetime
Free tier Free forever Limited free Limited free
On-device — audio never leaves Yes No — cloud Yes
On-device AI cleanup Yes — 6 languages No — cloud Cloud, or BYO local
One-time price, no subscription $39.99 once Subscription (~$15/mo) ~$8.49/mo or $249
Works offline Yes No Yes

Competitor names are trademarks of their owners. Pricing & capabilities noted as of mid-2026 and may change — check their sites. Superwhisper offers on-device models on Mac.

Free to talk. Pay to polish.

Dictation is free forever and runs on your device. A one-time Pro upgrade adds on-device AI cleanup — no subscription. The screen-aware assistant comes next. Pay once, every machine you own.

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Unlimited on-device dictation. Private, offline, no BS.

  • Mac + Windows
  • 100% on-device transcription
  • 25 languages, auto-detect
  • File transcription — first 10 min of a file
  • No account, no cloud, no BS
Download for macOS
Pro · Cleanup Pay once
$39.99one-time

One-time payment · no subscription · via Polar

On-device AI cleanup: it tidies your rambling dictation into clean, meaning-preserving text.

you said so um i think we should like meet on tuesday no wait monday
cleaned I think we should meet on Monday.
  • Everything in Free
  • AI cleanup — filler words, stutters, false starts & run-ons, gone
  • Meaning-preserving — it cleans your wording, never your message
  • 100% on-device — cleanup runs locally in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish & Dutch
  • Unlimited devices — one purchase, every machine you own
  • Unlimited, searchable dictation history
  • Full-length file transcription — hour-long recordings, no per-minute fees
Get Pro

Assistant — $19.99/mo · coming next: speak, and an AI sees your screen and helps.

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