# Dictation app for writers on Mac · ZenVoice Source: https://getzenvoice.com/for/writers > Draft chapters, essays and posts by talking. ZenVoice removes the ums and restarts, keeps your wording, and never uploads your manuscript. ZenVoice for writers # First drafts at the speed you think. Say the sentence the way it comes to you. ZenVoice removes the fillers and false starts, fixes punctuation, and keeps your words, so the draft on the page is yours, not a model's rewrite. [Download for Mac](https://getzenvoice.com/#download)Buy · $14.99 once You say · Pages “so um the the chapter opens with her standing at the window and uh the rain has just stopped” ZenVoice types The chapter opens with her standing at the window and the rain has just stopped. ## Why writers choose ZenVoice. It runs on your Mac, not in the cloud Your voice, your words and your work never leave your Mac. There's no account and nothing to sign in to. You pay once, not every month $14.99 once for two Macs, the launch price for the first 100. No subscription, no word limits. Made for writers The same engine, tuned to how you work: the examples on this page are what ZenVoice really types. ## What slows writers down today. - Typing slows the first draft down to the speed of your fingers, not your thinking. - Dictation leaves a transcript full of ums, restarts and missing commas. - Cloud tools send your unpublished work to someone else's servers. ## Three steps, anywhere. 1. 1 Put your cursor anywhere Any app with a text field: an editor, a browser, a chat, a form. 2. 2 Press the shortcut and talk ⌃⌥Space, or hold a key. Your words appear as you speak. 3. 3 It's written Clean text lands at your cursor, in the tone of the app you're in. ## What ZenVoice does for writers. Your words, cleaned Fillers, repeated words and false starts go; your wording stays. ZenPolish is measured on keeping what you said. Names spelled your way Add characters and places to your Dictionary once, or accept ZenVoice's suggestion after you correct one. Read it before it lands Turn on Review before insert and check each passage in a card before it goes into your document. Your manuscript stays yours Everything runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing is used to train anything. ## How ZenVoice compares. ZenVoice Wispr Flow Superwhisper SpeakMac Where your speech is processed On your Mac In the cloud On your Mac or in the cloud On your Mac Works with no internet With local models Account needed No Yes Not for the free plan No Price $14.99 once (launch price, first 100) Free up to 2,000 words a week, then $12–15 a month Free, or $8.49 a month for Pro $29–39 once Platforms Mac (Windows in the works) Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android Mac Own writing model, with a published benchmark Numbers, times and money written by fixed rules Not stated Not stated Not stated Tone that follows the app Modes you pick Styles you pick Choice of on-device speech models 14 models Not stated Not stated Project file names spelled right for agents Not stated Not stated Not stated Review before the text lands Not stated Not stated Not stated Hinglish Hinglish Prime Not stated Not stated Not stated Keeps the audio if a dictation fails Recovery Inbox Not stated Not stated Not stated Transcribes audio files Competitors as each describes itself on its own site, checked September 27, 2026: [Wispr Flow](https://wisprflow.ai/pricing), [Superwhisper](https://superwhisper.com), [SpeakMac](https://speakmac.app). Wispr Flow: “Transcription always happens in the cloud” ([privacy page](https://wisprflow.ai/privacy)). Spotted something out of date? Tell us at hello@getzenvoice.com. ## ZenVoice for writers: common questions. Will it change my style? No. ZenPolish removes fillers and fixes punctuation, but it's measured on keeping your words: it adds a word you didn't say in about 2% of dictations. Does it work in Pages, Word, Scrivener and Google Docs? Yes. It types into any text field on your Mac, including browsers. Can I dictate long passages? Yes. Tap the shortcut once to lock dictation on, talk as long as you like, and tap again to insert. ## Pay once. Yours forever. ### Pro Everything ZenVoice does today, on two Macs, with a year of new features. $39.9962.5% offfor the first 100 $14.99once Upgrade to Lifetime any time for the difference: $25.00 at launch prices. - 2 Macs - All 14 models and every language - Runs offline. Nothing leaves your Mac - 1 year of new features and new models - Bug fixes, UI fixes and macOS compatibility forever [Buy Pro · $14.99](https://getzenvoice.com/checkout?plan=standard) ### Lifetime Recommended Every update we ever ship, including new features and new models. $99.0060% offfor the first 100 $39.99once Every update we ever ship, for one payment. - 2 Macs - All 14 models and every language - Runs offline. Nothing leaves your Mac - Every new feature and new model, forever - Bug fixes, UI fixes and macOS compatibility forever [Buy Lifetime · $39.99](https://getzenvoice.com/checkout?plan=lifetime) ## Also built for [Developers Prompts, commands and file names, spoken](https://getzenvoice.com/for/developers)[Founders & execs Clear the inbox by talking](https://getzenvoice.com/for/founders)[Sales CRM notes without the typing](https://getzenvoice.com/for/sales)[Support teams Replies and canned answers, spoken](https://getzenvoice.com/for/support)[Students Essays and notes at speaking speed](https://getzenvoice.com/for/students)[Multilingual 25 languages, and Hinglish](https://getzenvoice.com/for/multilingual)[Hands-free & RSI Write without typing](https://getzenvoice.com/for/hands-free)