Talk.
It's written.
Hold fn, say what you mean, let go. Scribeble types it wherever your cursor is: email, notes, Slack, your browser, anything with a text field.
Private by design. Quick by nature.
Most dictation apps send your voice to a server. Scribeble doesn't have one.
Nothing leaves your Mac
Transcription runs on your own chip. The app makes no network connections, keeps audio only in memory, and stores no history.
Works in every app
No plugin, no special editor. If you can type there, you can talk there. Filler words like "um" and "uh" are cleaned up on the way in.
Done before you look up
Let go of fn and the words are already there. A ten-second sentence takes well under a second.
Setup
macOS asks for two permissions so Scribeble can hear you and type for you. Here's exactly what to expect.
Open the download, drag Scribeble to Applications
Then open it from Applications. It lives in your menu bar as a small pencil, not in the Dock.
Allow Microphone
Scribeble's welcome window has an "Open…" button for each permission. Click it, choose Allow.
Allow Accessibility
Same window, second button. System Settings opens; switch Scribeble on in the list.
Tell macOS to leave fn alone
System Settings → Keyboard → "Press 🌐 key to" → Do Nothing. Otherwise the emoji picker pops up every time.
That's it. Click into any text field, hold fn, talk, let go.
Questions
Is it really offline?
Yes. The speech model ships inside the app, which is why the download is 430 MB. Turn Wi-Fi off and it works exactly the same. There's no account, no tracking, and no server.
What happens to my audio?
It's held in memory while you hold fn, turned into text the moment you let go, then gone. Nothing is saved and there's no history of what you've said. The text goes only where your cursor is.
Can I use it for sensitive or work notes?
That's what it was built for. Since nothing leaves your Mac, there's no third party in the loop. Where the text ends up afterwards is up to you, same as if you'd typed it.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or newer) running macOS 14 or later. Older Intel Macs aren't supported.
Why fn? Can I change the key?
fn is on every Mac keyboard, sits under your thumb, and isn't used for typing, so holding it never fights with what you're writing. Other keys are on the list for a future version.
How do I remove it?
Quit it from the menu bar and drag it from Applications to the Trash. It leaves nothing else behind.
Try it on your next email.
Free. No account. Delete it any time by dragging it to the Trash.
Download for Mac