Press ⌥⌘D
One global hotkey, in any app. Notes, Mail, your browser, your editor — wherever your cursor blinks, Harf listens.
On-device dictation · fifty languages
Speak. It’s written.
Harf turns your voice into text at your cursor — in fifty languages, entirely on your Mac. No cloud. No accounts. No trace.
Download for macOS
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⌥⌘D
to dictate, anywhere
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Languages
Fifty languages. One keystroke.
English·
हिन्दी·
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ·
தமிழ்·
తెలుగు·
ಕನ್ನಡ·
മലയാളം·
اردو·
Español·
中文·
Français·
日本語·
Deutsch·
Русский·
한국어·
العربية·
বাংলা·
Português·
Türkçe·
ไทย·
Italiano·
Українська·
فارسی·
Ελληνικά·
Englishहिन्दीਪੰਜਾਬੀதமிழ்తెలుగుಕನ್ನಡമലയാളംاردوবাংলাमराठीગુજરાતીEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsNederlandsРусскийУкраїнськаPolskiČeštinaSlovenčinaRomânăMagyarΕλληνικάTürkçeالعربيةفارسیעבריתSvenskaNorskDanskSuomi中文日本語한국어Tiếng ViệtไทยBahasa IndonesiaBahasa MelayuFilipinoKiswahiliHrvatskiСрпскиБългарскиLietuviųLatviešuEestiSlovenščinaCatalà
All fifty, on-device. Switch between any of them from the floating chip row — even mid-recording.
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How it works
Speak, naturally
Say it in any of fifty languages. A floating chip row lets you switch language or apply an AI prompt without breaking flow.
Stop talking
That’s it. After a short pause your words are typed right at your cursor. No second key press, no copy-paste, no switching apps.
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Transcripts
Every meeting, on the record.
Hit record in any call — or across the table. Harf transcribes live on your Mac and saves the transcript as a local file. Nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload to.
- LiveTranscription happens as people speak — in any of the fifty languages
- LocalSaved as plain text on your Mac. Yours to search, quote, or delete
- TimedTimestamps throughout, so you can jump back to the moment
- PrivateThe recording never leaves the room — let alone the machine
00:02Okay — quick one today. Launch moves to Tuesday.
00:11Design review right after standup, ten minutes max.
00:19बाक़ी सब कुछ रिलीज़ नोट्स में है।
00:26Sí — el resumen ya está en la carpeta compartida.
00:34Great. Transcript’s saved locally, as always.
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Privacy
Nothing ever leaves your Mac. Audio goes from the microphone straight to local models — and is gone the moment your words appear. No servers. No accounts. No analytics. No trace.
- Processing100% on-device, CoreML + Neural Engine
- AudioLives in memory only, discarded after transcription
- TranscriptsStored as files on your disk — and only there
- NetworkOne-time model download. Offline forever after
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Engines
Two engines. Zero compromise.
Harf picks the best on-device speech model per language — automatically.
English
0%
word error rate, Open ASR benchmark
0×
faster than real-time
Hindi · Spanish · Japanese · Arabic — and 45 more
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languages, one model
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real-time in Turbo mode
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Details
Small app. Sharp edges.
Lives in the menu bar
A quiet mic icon. Start, stop, switch language, open history — never in your way.
Switch language mid-sentence
The floating chip row lets you jump between all fifty languages while recording.
AI prompt modes
Clean Up, Formal, Email, or your own custom prompt — applied before the text lands.
Hands-free finish
Stop talking and Harf types after a configurable pause. ⌥⌘D finishes instantly, Esc cancels.
Meeting transcripts
Record a whole meeting and keep the timestamped transcript — as a file on your Mac.
Built for Apple Silicon
Neural Engine inference on macOS 14+. English transcribes at ≈60× real-time.
Your words. Your machine.
Download for macOS
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Free · Open source · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · v1.0 (.dmg)
./Scripts/build_app.sh
open Dictation.app # press ⌥⌘D and speak