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Voice dictation for Mac

Stop typing.
Start speaking.

Tess turns your voice into text in any app on your Mac.

Works offline. Keeps your voice on your Mac.

After a one-time setup.

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01 · Slack

Say it. Send it.

Speak your message. Tess adds it to your Slack chat, ready for you to send.

⌕ Search Tess team
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T ⌂Home ◉DMs ♧Activity M
Tess team⌄
☰　Unreads
◫　Threads
▷　Drafts & sent
⌄　🚀 Product
#　launch-plan
#　product
#　general
⌄　Channels
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# product
Product planning and weekly updates
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Design review updated
Maya moved the review to Thursday
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Maya 10:42 AM
Can we move the design review to Thursday?
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You Just now
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{{ messageDemo.out }}Message #product Let’s move it to Thursday at ten. I’ll send the notes. ＋　Aa　☺　⌁
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Maya ChenThursday’s design review10:42
Alex MorganDesign review follow-up10:30
Tess teamNotes from today9:15
CalendarYour upcoming meetings8:00
✓ Message sent
Design review follow-up—　□　×
Alex Morgan⌄
alex@studio.co
Design review follow-up
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Here’s the updated review schedule and the notes from today.
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02 · Gmail

Write emails with your voice.

Say what you want to write. Tess adds it to your email. Optional Writing Cleanup fixes grammar and punctuation.

03 · Terminal apps

Talk to your AI tools.

Speak your prompt. Tess adds it to Claude Code or the terminal you’re using.

✳ Claude Code (claude) · ~/Projects/tess-website +
Claude Code v2.1.267
Opus 5 · Claude Pro
~/Projects/tess-website
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Thinking… (esc to interrupt)
Update available! Run: brew upgrade claude-code
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Prompt submitted ✓{{ aiDemo.out }}Try “fix the typecheck errors”Try “fix the typecheck errors”
▶▶ auto mode on (shift+tab to cycle)install gh for PR status · ↩ for agents
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How it works

Your message
Click here to write
01

Click where you want to write.

Place your cursor in a message, email, or document.

⇧Space
Can you grab us a table
by the window?
02

Press your shortcut and speak.

Talk naturally. Tess listens while you speak.

Your message
Can you grab us a table by the window?
✓ Pasted instantly
03

Press again. Your words appear.

Tess pastes the complete text right where your cursor is.

A little setup. A lot less typing.

Set up once.
Talk anytime.

Download your speech model and let Tess paste where you type. Then you’re ready to speak.

✓ Set up online. Dictate offline.
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Get ready to dictate

Download once to turn speech into text on your Mac.

✓ Works offline   ✓ Private on your Mac
YOUR SELECTED MODELBest Quality Selected ✓

Best for accurate English dictation.

About 550 MB download   English · fast · works offline
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Choose where your text goes

Tess can copy each dictation, or paste it where you’re typing.

▢   Paste automatically (optional)

Without this, Tess copies your text to the clipboard.

✓  Auto-paste is on.
Copy to clipboard
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Good afternoon, GTKeep your ideas moving while they’re fresh.
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Turn speech into text on your Mac.

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Made for your everyday words

Your voice.
Your way.

Start without an account. Keep your speech on your Mac. Make every dictation sound more like you.

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Pricing

$13. Once.

Lifetime usage. No monthly subscription.

Try every feature free for 14 days before purchasing.

Start your free trial
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Try Tess for Mac

Free for 14 days. Then $13 once.

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Good to know

A few answers.

Everything else you might be wondering about Tess.

English only, for now.

Yes. Download the speech model during setup, then dictate offline. Optional Writing Cleanup needs a separate model download and also runs on your Mac.

Yes. Choose your preferred shortcut in Tess settings.

So Tess can paste your words into the app you’re using.

Open History in Tess to view and manage past dictations. Your history stays on your Mac.

No. After the 14-day free trial, Tess costs $13 once for lifetime usage.

Wherever you type on your Mac: emails, chats, documents, and prompts for AI tools.