Apple DictationApple
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About
Apple Dictation is a built-in macOS feature that lets users speak to enter text anywhere they can type. Once Dictation is enabled, it can be started with the Microphone key, a customizable keyboard shortcut, or Start Dictation, then stopped with Escape, the same shortcut, or the Microphone key. On Apple silicon Macs, users can continue typing while they dictate, and Dictation resumes listening after keyboard input stops. Spoken commands can insert emoji, punctuation, new lines, and new paragraphs, while supported languages can automatically add commas, periods, and question marks. Dictation supports text of any length and stops automatically after 30 seconds without detected speech. When macOS is uncertain about a word, it underlines the text so users can choose an alternative or correct it manually. Multiple Dictation languages can be enabled and switched while speaking, and users can select a preferred microphone or let macOS choose automatically.
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Viora is a cloud-assisted voice AI assistant for macOS that lets users dictate, revise text, ask questions about on-screen content, and run supported small tasks from a keyboard shortcut. It inserts cleaned-up speech into the active text field, rewrites selected text in place, and answers questions about selected text or a screen region. Its voice agent can handle supported search, calendar, and connected-account workflows, including Gmail, Slack, Notion, and Google Calendar. The app also offers user-manageable memory for preferences and workflow context. Viora is designed for Mac users who write, communicate, research, or manage everyday work across desktop apps; it requires cloud processing and is available for macOS.
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
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Linux
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Cloud
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On-Premises
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iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Audience
Mac users that want to enter messages, documents, and other text fields by speaking instead of typing
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Viora (viora.io) is a voice AI assistant for macOS that turns speaking into a natural interface for your Mac. Hold one shortcut and say what you want; Viora works out whether you want to write, edit, ask or hand off a task. Speak into any input field and it lands as polished text, with tone that follows the context and punctuation handled for you. Select text and say how to change it, and Viora rewrites, shortens or restructures it in place. Highlight a passage or a screen region, ask a question, and the answer appears right next to the source, without switching windows or copy-pasting. Viora lives at the Mac layer, so it works across browsers, email, docs, chat tools and other apps where you already type. Its voice agent can search the web and run supported tasks step by step, and connectors for Gmail, Slack, Notion and Google Calendar let it draft replies, messages and calendar context, asking for confirmation before actions like sending mail. User-controlled memory keeps your preferences, terms and ongoing work so you do not have to repeat yourself, and every memory can be viewed, edited or deleted. Pro adds proactive reports such as a morning brief and reminders. Viora is cloud-assisted and built with privacy in mind: your voice and text are never used to train models, and inference runs on Google Vertex AI under enterprise data terms. It runs on macOS with Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. The Free plan costs $0 with no card required and includes real-time voice input, the fast Haiku model and connectors; Pro is $15/month for the more capable Sonnet model, long-term memory and proactive reports, and Max is $100/month.
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Pricing
Free
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Free plan: $0, no card required. Pro: $15/month; Max: $100/month. Paid plans are billed monthly and can be canceled anytime; annual billing is not offered. A 30-day free trial with no credit card is also advertised.
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Training
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Company InformationApple
Founded: 1976
United States
support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-dictation-mh40584/mac
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Company InformationViora
viora.io
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Gmail
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Google Calendar
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Notion
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Slack
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Google Calendar
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Notion
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