A native menu bar dictation app for macOS. CursorTalk runs fully on-device, supports multilingual dictation, and inserts text where your cursor already is.
Hey Product Hunt,
I built CursorTalk because Apple Dictation never felt good enough for real work, and most alternatives turned voice input into another monthly subscription.
CursorTalk is a native menu bar dictation app for macOS that runs fully on-device, stays private, and lets you start dictation from anywhere with one shortcut. When you stop speaking, it inserts the text directly into the app you’re already using.
What makes CursorTalk different:
• fully optimized on-device experience
• works across Mac apps
• multilingual dictation
• simple lifetime pricing instead of another subscription
It started as a tool for myself, then became something I kept using every day for AI chats, writing, coding, and quick notes.
If you tried CursorTalk today, what would you use it for most?
AI chats, writing, coding, notes, or something else?
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This feels genuinely useful, especially for people who already spend most of their day jumping between apps and just want dictation to work without friction. The on-device part also makes it much more appealing, because privacy and speed both matter a lot for something you use constantly.
Curious, what kind of use case are people sticking with the most after trying it, writing, AI chats, or quick everyday notes?
@akshay_kumar_hireid Thanks! From what I'm seeing so far, AI chats and quick notes are the most popular — people love being able to just speak into ChatGPT or Claude without typing. Vibe coding + voice input is also a great combo.
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this is actually nice tbh. dictation sounds simple, but once it gets slow, awkward, or subscription-heavy, people stop using it fast. the fact that this works locally and drops text right where the cursor already is makes it feel way more practical.
curious, did people start using it more for proper writing work or those quick random thoughts during the day?
Hey!@nuseir_yassin1 CursorTalk is focused purely on voice dictation, text expansion isn't part of it yet. I think you'd need a separate tool for that atm!
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This feels genuinely useful, especially for people who already spend most of their day jumping between apps and just want dictation to work without friction. The on-device part also makes it much more appealing, because privacy and speed both matter a lot for something you use constantly.
Curious, what kind of use case are people sticking with the most after trying it, writing, AI chats, or quick everyday notes?
CursorTalk
@akshay_kumar_hireid Thanks! From what I'm seeing so far, AI chats and quick notes are the most popular — people love being able to just speak into ChatGPT or Claude without typing. Vibe coding + voice input is also a great combo.
this is actually nice tbh. dictation sounds simple, but once it gets slow, awkward, or subscription-heavy, people stop using it fast. the fact that this works locally and drops text right where the cursor already is makes it feel way more practical.
curious, did people start using it more for proper writing work or those quick random thoughts during the day?
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Does it also have text expanding feature?
CursorTalk
Hey!@nuseir_yassin1 CursorTalk is focused purely on voice dictation, text expansion isn't part of it yet. I think you'd need a separate tool for that atm!