Whisperly
Press a hotkey, speak, and paste clean text at your cursor
I think in Russian and work in English. Raw dictation was never usable: it was either a wall of ums or a polished paragraph that no longer sounded like me. Whisperly offers a third option. Press a hotkey anywhere on your Mac, talk, and the text appears at your cursor in any app you were using. Clean-up mode removes fillers and fixes punctuation while keeping your wording. Translate lets you speak one language and send another (Pro). Custom vocabulary teaches it your names and jargon. Free covers 2,000 words a week; Pro costs $14/month with a 14-day trial, no card needed. Signup is open, but we haven't announced yet.
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