Drift is local-first voice dictation for macOS. Hold a key, talk, and clean, punctuated text lands in whatever app you're in, transcribed entirely on your Mac. No account, no API key, nothing uploaded.
A native Swift menu-bar app. No Electron, no cloud round-trip, no subscription.
Hold Right Option (⌥) in any app, speak, and release. Text is inserted right at your cursor, system-wide.
On-device transcription and on-device cleanup. No account, no API key, and your audio never leaves the Mac.
FluidAudio's local Parakeet model gives you quick, accurate English transcription, ready to type instantly.
Switch to the WhisperKit backend for Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and more, still fully on-device.
Filler words removed and punctuation fixed instantly. Want more polish? Plug in a cloud or local LLM, your call.
A tiny Swift menu-bar app with a live overlay. No Electron bloat, no battery drain. MIT licensed.
No modes to learn. Hold, talk, release. That's the whole interaction.
Click into any text field and press & hold the Right Option key.
Say what you mean. A floating overlay shows Drift is listening, and the live text.
Let go. Drift transcribes, cleans up filler & punctuation, and types it at your cursor.
By default, audio is transcribed on-device and cleaned on-device. Nothing is uploaded. Drift isn't private-by-marketing. It's private by architecture.
The cleanup layer is model-agnostic. Stay 100% local, or point it at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Instant, private formatting. Strips filler words and fixes punctuation with zero setup.
Highest quality. Works with OpenAI, Groq, Sarvam, or LM Studio. Just a base URL and key.
Private LLM-grade cleanup that still never touches the network. Run Ollama and pick a model.
Insert the transcription exactly as heard. Perfect when you want every word as spoken.
Free, open source, and private. Drag it to Applications, grant two permissions, and dictate anywhere on your Mac.
No Homebrew, no Terminal, no separate downloads. Everything's handled inside the app.