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Writing, not transcription
Fillers removed, false starts dropped, punctuation sorted — so it reads like you wrote it.
One thought at a time
You ramble. It writes.
Talk the way you actually think — half-formed, self-correcting, full of ums. LocalFlow hands back the sentence you meant.
You said
LocalFlow typed
Fillers gone · self-corrections applied · punctuation, capitalization & tone handled.
The loop
Hold. Speak. Release.
No window to open. No button to find. It lives in your menu bar and works in every app you already use.
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Hold a key
Press and hold Fn — or your own shortcut. A quiet pill appears and never steals focus.
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Speak your mind
Talk naturally, at the speed of thought. Your words stream in live as you go.
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Release
Let go. In about a second, clean, finished text lands right where your cursor was.
Built to keep up with you
Everything, without leaving your keyboard.
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Self-corrections
Say "no wait, I meant…" and it keeps only what you meant. It follows your train of thought.
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Works in every app
Mail, Slack, Notes, VS Code, browser, terminal. Anywhere there's a cursor, there's LocalFlow.
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Edit by voice
Select text, hold a key, and say "make this more concise." The selection is rewritten in place.
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Per-app tone
Casual in Slack, formal in Mail. Set a default voice and override it wherever it matters.
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Your own dictionary
Teach it your names and jargon. "eng standup" becomes "Engineering Standup," every time.
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Hands-free mode
Double-tap to start, tap to finish — for the long thoughts you don't want to hold a key through.
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25 languages
On-device speech models with automatic language detection. Switch whenever you like.
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Searchable history
Every dictation saved locally and searchable, with one-click copy. Or turn it off entirely.
Private by construction
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
Audio is captured, transcribed, and cleaned entirely on your device, then discarded from memory. No account. No telemetry. No cloud.
The only network connection LocalFlow ever makes is a one-time model download. Watch it with Little Snitch — after that, silence.
- On-device speech-to-text on the Neural Engine
- On-device AI cleanup (Apple Intelligence or local Ollama)
- History stored only on your Mac — or not at all
- Two permissions, ever: Microphone & Accessibility
Get started
Up and running in minutes.
- Download
LocalFlow.dmgfrom Releases, open it, and drag LocalFlow into Applications. - First launch: right-click → Open (it's an unsigned build for now).
- Grant Microphone & Accessibility when onboarding asks — the only two permissions.
- Dictate immediately while the speech model downloads once in the background.
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