# TalkTalkType

> TalkTalkType is a voice-typing app for Mac whose allowances are counted in
> dictations, not words. Hold a key, speak, and cleaned-up text lands directly
> in whatever app is focused — ChatGPT, Claude, Slack, Mail, Notes, browser
> forms, or any field you can type in. It runs in the Mac menu bar as a
> pixel-art HUD, requires macOS 26 or later, and is free to start (30 dictations/week);
> the Plus plan is $1/month. Audio and transcripts are not stored by default.

TalkTalkType is built for people who dictate into AI assistants and everyday
apps many times a day and want the result to land without retyping. Unlike
dictation tools that meter words, TalkTalkType counts **dictations, not words**
— one take is one dictation whether it holds five words or two hundred, false
starts included. What bounds a take is its length, not its word count.

## Key facts

- **Category:** Voice to text / dictation / speech-to-text for macOS.
- **Platform:** Mac only, macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later, menu-bar app.
- **How it works:** Hold the shortcut (default ⌥Space) → speak → release. Cloud
  transcription cleans up the words as you said them, then the text types itself
  into the focused app (Accessibility permission) or waits on the clipboard.
- **Works in any app:** ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, GitHub Copilot,
  Perplexity, Windsurf, Slack, Mail, Messages, browser forms, Notes, Docs,
  Notion, VS Code, Terminal, Linear, GitHub, Obsidian — if you can type in it,
  TalkTalkType can fill it.
- **Privacy:** Audio is sent to the speech provider for transcription only and is
  not stored by the service by default. Transcript text is returned to the Mac
  and not stored by default. The sign-in token lives in the Mac Keychain.
- **Pricing model:** Weekly allowances counted in dictations (not words) plus a
  weekly voice-time pool; whichever runs out first ends the week. Resets weekly.
  Every plan runs on unlimited Macs.
- **Per-recording length:** 60 seconds per take on Free and Plus, 2 minutes on
  Pro and Max. There is no word limit within a take; a recording longer than the
  plan's limit is rejected rather than truncated.
- **Plans:** Free $0 (30 dictations/wk, 15 min voice/wk, 60 sec/take) · Plus $1
  (80/wk, 30 min, 60 sec/take) · Pro $7 (500/wk, 250 min, 2 min/take, unlimited
  clean) · Max $18 (1,200/wk, 600 min, 2 min/take, unlimited clean).
- **Sign-in:** Google OAuth in the browser; the Mac app stays signed in.
- **Made by:** tsuvic, an independent developer in Tokyo, Japan.

## Why people choose it (differentiators)

- **Dictations, not words:** no word metering, so a take costs the same whether
  it is terse or rambling, and restating a sentence mid-take is free.
- **$1 entry price:** Plus is 2.7× the free dictation count and double the free
  voice time for one dollar a month.
- **Lands in any app:** system-wide delivery into the focused field, not a
  separate editor window.
- **No storage by default:** audio and transcripts are not retained by the
  service. Transcription itself runs in the cloud, not on-device.
- **Honest HUD:** a pixel-art menu-bar strip with four clear states
  (Listening / Working / Delivered / Attention) — no silent failures.

## Pages

- [Home](https://talktalktype.com/): Overview, how it works, supported apps, privacy, pricing summary.
- [Download](https://talktalktype.com/download): Get the Mac app, install steps, latest build.
- [Pricing](https://talktalktype.com/pricing): Full plan comparison and the dictations-not-words model.
- [Docs / FAQ](https://talktalktype.com/docs): Setup, privacy, limits, and common fixes.
- [Privacy](https://talktalktype.com/privacy): What is and isn't stored.
- [Blog](https://talktalktype.com/blog): Practical writing about dictating on macOS. RSS at https://talktalktype.com/feed.xml
- [Changelog](https://talktalktype.com/changelog): Release history.
- [Support](https://talktalktype.com/support): Contact support by email.
- [Status](https://talktalktype.com/status): Service status.
- [Full brief](https://talktalktype.com/llms-full.txt): Complete machine-readable brief with FAQ and comparisons.