Why Echoic?
Privacy-first voice intelligence that works entirely on your Mac. No subscriptions for the essentials. No vendor lock-in. No cloud required.
100% On-Device Processing
Every word stays on your Mac. No audio is ever uploaded. Speech recognition runs locally via CoreML on your Apple Silicon chip — even with no internet connection.
Meeting Transcription + Dictation in One
Most tools do one or the other. Echoic combines full meeting transcription (dual-stream, speaker-labeled) with system-wide dictation into a single menu bar app.
Bring Your Own AI Provider
Use Ollama locally for full privacy, or connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, or Apple Intelligence for maximum capability. Route different features to different providers. You decide.
Generous Free Tier
5 meetings per month, all speech engines, unlimited dictation, and Markdown export — free forever. No credit card required, no countdown timer, no dark patterns.
Native macOS — Not Electron
Built in Swift for macOS. It lives in your menu bar, uses Apple's Neural Engine for sub-500ms latency, and feels like a first-party app — because it's built like one.
Ready to try it?
Free to download. No credit card required.
Download for macOSmacOS 14.2+ · Apple Silicon recommended