VOICE WORKSPACE · macOS

Speak into
your workflow.

Dictate into your editor, revise a selection, or talk to an agent. A native macOS overlay keeps your words and conversations close to the work.

example transcriptillustrative workflow
Review this change and explain the trade-offs.
choose a connected agent to send this requestagent setup required

STAY WITH YOUR WORK

Your transcript, beside your work.

Open the overlay with your recording shortcut. Watch the transcript, review the result, and use your selected paste mode or copy it when ready.

codescribe dictation overlay — final transcript
· global hotkeys· live transcript· configurable paste· native overlay

ONE INTERFACE

One overlay. Four ways to work.

DICTATION

“just get this thought down before I lose it”

live transcript · paste or copy

Dictation

Use your recording shortcut, review the live transcript, then paste or copy the result.

Formatting

Choose light punctuation cleanup or ask your configured AI provider to revise the text.

Agent Chat

A persistent conversation — ask, refine, attach context, come back later.

Selection-aware

Select text in a supported app and speak an instruction to your configured AI provider.

FORMATTING

Give your words a readable shape.

EXAMPLE · TRANSCRIPT

najpierw przejrzyj zmianę potem sprawdź testy i opisz ryzyka

EXAMPLE · LIGHT CLEANUP

Najpierw przejrzyj zmianę, potem sprawdź testy i opisz ryzyka.

Illustrative punctuation cleanup. Light formatting is deterministic; AI rewriting uses the provider you configure. Review the result before sending.

WORK WITH SELECTED TEXT

Revise the paragraph in front of you.

Select text in a supported app and ask for a revision, translation, or explanation. Accessibility permission enables selection and text delivery.

Mail — reply draft

Thank you for proposing a meeting.Tuesday works for me. Could we start after 14:00? Please let me know what suits you.Best regards.

Mail — reply draft

Thank you for proposing a meeting.I am available on Tuesday after 14:00. Please let me know whether that time is convenient.Best regards.

"fix the grammar""summarize this""translate to Polish""explain this code""turn into a checklist"

CONTINUITY

Keep the conversation
with your work.

Talk to an agent that stays with your work. Ask, refine, attach files, follow up — and restore a conversation when you need it again.

· streaming· conversation memory· restore
codescribe agent chat — voice-dispatched PR review: tool activity, reasoned reply, agent run started

WORKFLOW CONTROLS

Fit the workflow to the task.

Configure speech, delivery, vocabulary, and context from the same app. Connected agents require the agent bridge and a supported runtime.

  1. Review as you speak

    A live transcript in the overlay lets you follow the capture and review the final text before using it.

  2. Choose how text is delivered

    Safe, comfort, and off paste modes let you decide when text is inserted and when it stays available to copy.

  3. Use your vocabulary

    Add names and technical terms to the custom lexicon. Registered variants help normalize recognition results.

  4. Bring the relevant context

    Attach selected text or files to a conversation so your question arrives with the material you want the agent to use.

  5. Choose local or remote services

    Local speech recognition runs on your Mac. AI formatting, agent calls, and cloud transcription use the services you explicitly configure.

  6. Talk to named agent sessions

    Connect supported agent runtimes to numbered channels. Read replies in the overlay and enable spoken replies with a configured speech provider.

PERSONALIZATION

Make the agent yours.

Set the instructions used for AI formatting and assistive requests. Choose the style and scope, then review the generated result.

codescribe Settings — Prompt editor: formatting.txt and assistive.txt
Example · formatting instructionsedit · save · reset

Keep my meaning exactly. Short sentences.
Prefer bullet points for lists. Never touch
code blocks. Always keep the original language.

Example · assistive instructionsedit · save · reset

Return only the result, no preamble. Respect
scope — don't expand the task. Be operational.
Match my tone. Output a ready-to-run patch.

BUILT FOR macOS · APPLE SILICON

Made for the Mac.

A SwiftUI app with a menu-bar control, a floating transcript, and settings for speech recognition, permissions, shortcuts, and AI providers.

Dictation overlay — recording status and live waveform

Dictation overlay — recording status and live waveform

Menu-bar tray — show agent, history, notes, diagnostics

Menu-bar tray — show agent, history, notes, diagnostics

Shortcuts — configurable recording gestures and paste mode

Shortcuts — configurable recording gestures and paste mode

Provider credentials — stored through macOS Keychain

Provider credentials — stored through macOS Keychain

FIRST LAUNCH

Set up the way you work.

The setup guide covers permissions, language, shortcuts, and optional AI providers. These screenshots show selected steps, not a timed setup guarantee.

codescribe onboarding — step 1: operating lane, Basic or Agentic
01Operating laneBasic or Agentic
codescribe onboarding — step 2: screen recording, permission granted
02Screen recordingpermission · granted
codescribe onboarding — step 3: dictation language, auto-detect
03Dictation languageauto-detect
codescribe onboarding — step 4: AI provider, OpenAI · Keychain
04AI providerOpenAI · Keychain
codescribe onboarding — step 5: trigger hotkeys, hold · toggle · hybrid
05Trigger hotkeyshold · toggle · hybrid
codescribe onboarding — step 6: agentic readiness, provider · tools · MCP
06Agentic readinessprovider · tools · MCP

Microphone and Speech Recognition enable capture. Accessibility enables text delivery.

macOS · APPLE SILICON · v0.17.0

Start with local speech recognition.

Download Codescribe.dmgpublished release · 64 MB · build from source: see README

Install the app, grant the speech permissions, and choose your shortcuts. Whisper needs a local model download. AI rewriting and agent replies require a configured provider. Dictation works without a license key; the built-in Agent chat needs one, free during the open beta.Get a license key · Read the user guide · Read the privacy policy.

· Apple live speech· optional Whisper model· tray + overlay· FSL-1.1-ALv2