Just Parley converts your live speech into text in real time. Hold a key, speak, and your words appear wherever your cursor is. This is live dictation, not audio file conversion.
Can you write up the meeting action items?
Just did — I dictated them straight into the doc. Three action items, all assigned. Check the shared folder.
Three steps. Real time. No uploading.
Press and hold the key you choose (default: Right Option). Your Mac's microphone starts listening.
Talk at normal speed. Just Parley captures your audio and processes it locally in real time.
Your spoken words are transcribed and pasted into the active text field — in about 70ms.
Features
Just Parley listens to your microphone in real time and types what you say. No uploading, no waiting, no processing queue.
No app to open. No window to find. Just Parley lives quietly in your menu bar, always one hotkey away. It stays out of your way until you need it.
Sits in your menu bar
Your audio never leaves your Mac. No cloud processing, no accounts, no data collection. The speech model runs entirely on your machine.
Completely offline
Data sent to the cloud
English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese. Pick one or let the app detect the language automatically as you speak.
Just Parley transcribes as you speak and pastes the result the moment you release your hotkey. No file to upload, no progress bar, no waiting.
Most audio-to-text tools require uploading a file. Just Parley transcribes live speech as you talk — no files involved.
Transcription starts the moment you stop speaking. No spinner, no waiting.
Built-in Mac microphone, AirPods, external USB mic — Just Parley works with whatever audio input your Mac is using.
Your audio never leaves your Mac. No cloud, no accounts, no data collection.
If you're looking to upload an audio file (MP3, WAV, M4A) and get a transcript, Just Parley isn't the right tool — it's designed for live dictation. You speak into your microphone in real time, and your words are typed into whatever app you're using. Think of it as a faster way to type, not a way to transcribe recordings. For file-based transcription, tools like Whisper or Otter are better suited.
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