Aqua Voice
Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows
5.0•14 reviews•612 followers
Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows
5.0•14 reviews•612 followers
Aqua is fast AI dictation that lets you talk into any text field -- Cursor, Gmail, Slack, even your terminal. It starts up in under 50ms, inserts text in about a second (sometimes as fast as 450ms), and has state-of-the-art accuracy.
Nuance Communications
Aqua Voice
It’s Finn from Aqua!
Aqua lets you talk into any text box. It's our attempt to make voice a first-class input method.
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Live Demo.
I'm dyslexic and have been using dictation software since 6th grade. For over a decade, I've been chasing a dream that never quite worked - using your voice instead of your keyboard.
It's always been awkward, clunky, and just not actually better than typing. Siri is a complete joke, and a lot of well-meaning alternatives (I've tried them all) don't actually transform where you can use your voice.
Aqua lives on your desktop, and it lets you talk into any text field -- Cursor, Gmail, Slack, even your terminal. It does a lot more, but that’s the core. We’d love your feedback!
(Written with Aqua)
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@finn_brown Congrats on the launch Finn! I had started testing out @Wispr Flow and felt it was much more accurate than using iOS dictation. How is @Aqua differentiating itself from @Wispr Flow ?
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@ph_leeanntrang Thanks! We're going to do iOS, but we're going to do iOS the right way. You might prefer Aqua over Flow Voice if you want:
⚡ Faster Inference. Fewer mistakes(see benchmarks). More tuned output.
🎙️ Streaming mode: the dream for longer stuff, pacing around and dictating Churchill style.
🧠 Deep Context: increases accuracy when coding, messaging, and other complex scenarios by privately using what's on your screen. Think of it like MCP for every app that you don't have to setup.
🎛️ Custom Instructions: You can fine tune your output to get it just right:
Example: "Use lowercase in iMessage. In Figma, don't add periods or ending punctuation. Often used commands when in terminal, cursor, vscode: ..."
As you can see from some of the other comments, a lot of people have tried both and we've been having waves of people switch from Flow and then email us and say, "I've tried them all - you guys are #1."
(i posted this in another comment too but wanted ppl to see because this at the top!)
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@finn_brown awesome, thanks! I did notice the usecase of the different "styles" in diff apps. I haven't needed that yet, but that may grow on me. I will def give it a try!
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Congrats on the launch — I recently gave Aqua a spin recently and I have to say, it’s hands down one of the most seamless and polished tools I’ve used. Incredible job building something that just works.
I’d love to make it part of my daily workflow, but I’m still a bit cautious about how Aqua handles data — especially with the deep context features that tap into what’s on my screen. That said, the transcription quality is unmatched. Nothing else like it out there -- will use that as daily driver.
@finn_brown Aqua looks great and could potentially replace @Wispr Flow for me. However, I was wondering about data privacy, as I couldn't find any details on your website. Flow explicitly states that "none of your transcripts will be stored by us." How does Aqua handle this? For example, are user audio files used for model training?
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Love Aqua Voice — it's super fast, accurate, and clever. Big fan.
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@chrismessina Thanks Chris!
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@chrismessina Thank you for the support Chris!
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I have tried Superwhisper, MacWhisper, Whispr, and all. This is best and I have no relation to the team.
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@finn_brown Would you mind chiming in on why Aqua Voice is the leader in voice-to-text category? Would love to hear the reasons why I should switch from Whispr Flow!
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@mikekerzhner Good question!
⚡ Faster Inference. Fewer mistakes(see benchmarks). More tuned output.
🎙️ Streaming mode: the dream for longer stuff, pacing around and dictating Churchill style.
🧠 Deep Context: increases accuracy when coding, messaging, and other complex scenarios by privately using what's on your screen. Think of it like MCP for every app that you don't have to setup.
🎛️ Custom Instructions: You can fine tune your output to get it just right:
Example: "Use lowercase in iMessage. In Figma, don't add periods or ending punctuation. Often used commands when in terminal, cursor, vscode: ..."
As you can see from some of the other comments, a lot of people have tried both and we've been having waves of people switch from Flow and then email us and say, "I've tried them all - you guys are #1."
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@prashant_mahajan Thank you, Prashant. It means a lot!
It looks fast!
Nice presentation, nice UI. Congrats for the launch.
What is your presentation tool ? It's like embed app in clean presentation slides.
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@barnabed thanks! What do you mean? Do you mean the slides or do you mean the video?
I've tried virtually every modern dictation tool for macos and Aqua blows them all out of the water (pun intended). They've got the right team behind it, too—they ship quick and they don't miss.
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@vinsidious Thanks Vince 🫡
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I've heard good things about Aqua. Going to give this a try and hoping it increases my email velocity. :)
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@rrhoover I'm especially curious what you think about email because I feel like Aqua is quite good in longer form dictation. It's still fast and snappy, but in longer form, it lets you kind of see what you're writing as you compose it and also seems to learn contextually from the app that's in focus.
I've tried pretty much every AI dictation app. I believe AI dictation is a major unlock in overall AI productivity for anyone who builds a true muscle in getting good at it.
But it's hard to get good at it! Not only do you have to remember to use it throughout your day, the apps are clunky, inconsistent, and have flow-breaking latency. The tone can be off and the need to edit a transcription is a speed-and-effort killer.
Aqua is just uniquely fast, accurate, and non-awkward in its output, which means – and I know this sounds shill-y, but I have no affiliation w/ them whatsoever – it's AI voice dictation that you will actually use.
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@sherveen Thanks Sherveen, you are a homie