Just Parley is a native Mac app that lives in your menu bar. No browser tabs, no web accounts, no internet needed. Your voice stays on your machine.
Can you draft the project brief before the meeting?
Just finished it. I'll drop it in the shared folder now so you can review before we start.
Three steps. No browser. No login.
Press and hold the key you choose (default: Right Option). Works system-wide.
Talk at normal speed. The speech model runs directly on your Mac — no server round-trip.
Your words are pasted into whatever app you're using — no browser involved.
Features
Most speech to text tools are web apps or Chrome extensions. Just Parley runs natively on your Mac.
No browser tab to keep open. Just Parley lives in your menu bar as a lightweight native app. It's always ready, always fast, and uses minimal resources.
Sits in your menu bar
No internet connection needed. The speech model runs on your Mac's CPU — no cloud servers, no latency, no privacy concerns.
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.
Desktop apps, browser apps, Electron apps — Just Parley pastes via the clipboard so it works in every text field on your Mac.
No tab to find, no page to load. Just Parley is always running in your menu bar, one hotkey away.
Web-based tools need an internet connection. Just Parley works on a plane, in a cafe with bad WiFi, or anywhere.
No server round-trip. Transcription happens on your CPU in about 70ms.
Your voice never leaves your Mac. No accounts, no uploads, no data collection.
Browser-based speech to text tools require keeping a tab open, maintaining an internet connection, and trusting a third party with your audio. They add latency, drain battery, and often require monthly subscriptions. Just Parley is a native Mac app: it starts with your computer, runs in the background, works offline, and costs $29 once. No tabs, no accounts, no recurring fees.
Click any app below to see how speech to text works in it.
One-time purchase. No subscription. No cloud.