Speak it. Hear it.
Your Mac, upgraded.
Dictate anywhere and get clean text. Select any content and hear a concise summary. All from your menu bar.
How it works
Three steps. Two directions.
Press Option + Space
Tently activates from the menu bar. No window to find, no app to switch to.
Speak naturally
Talk the way you actually talk — pauses, corrections, filler words and all.
Get clean text
Filler words stripped, punctuation added, backtracking fixed. Paste-ready.
I was thinking we should probably move the deadline to Friday.
Features
Two directions. One hotkey.
Your voice, minus the rough edges
Filler word removal
Strips "um," "uh," "like," and "you know" so your text reads the way you meant it.
So um I was thinking we should uh probably like move the deadline to Friday you know
Developer syntax
Dictate code the way you think about it. Tently converts natural speech into proper syntax.
define a function called fetch users that takes a page number parameter and returns a promise of user array
Backtrack correction
Change your mind mid-sentence. Tently catches the correction.
Book the flight to Chicago — actually, the train to Paris
Smart punctuation
Periods, commas, and question marks — placed automatically.
hey are you free tomorrow afternoon i wanted to grab coffee and talk about the project
List formatting
Start listing things and Tently structures them.
I need to buy eggs milk bread and also some coffee oh and butter
Custom dictionary
Teach Tently your company names, technical terms, and acronyms so it gets them right every time.
Snippets
Save text blocks you reuse — email signatures, code templates, addresses — and insert them by voice.
100+ languages
Dictate in your language. Supports over 100 languages through Apple Speech Recognition.
Select it. Hear the gist.
Intelligent distillation
Select any wall of text — docs, AI responses, articles — and hear just what matters. The AI adapts to content type automatically.
Based on my analysis of the current market conditions and taking into consideration the various factors at play, I believe the most prudent course of action would be to proceed with caution and carefully evaluate each option before making a final determination.
Natural voice
Hear summaries spoken in a natural voice via ElevenLabs. No robotic artifacts — just clear, human-like speech.
Playing summary...
Content-aware
API docs → key endpoints. Articles → main argument. Code comments → what and why.
The fetchUsers endpoint accepts a GET request with optional query parameters including page (integer, default 1), limit (integer, default 20), and filter (string, optional). Returns a JSON response with...
Instant playback
Audio starts playing within seconds. No player UI, no floating window. Stop anytime with a hotkey.
Select text, wait for processing, open audio player, adjust volume, press play, manage window position...
Web dashboard
Paste any content in the web dashboard and click to hear it spoken. Same AI pipeline.
Copy text, open new tab, navigate to TTS website, paste text, configure voice, click generate, wait, click play...
Single smart mode
AI automatically adapts distillation to content type. No configuration needed.
Works with any text
Select anything on screen: emails, docs, code comments, chat messages.
macOS + web
Use on your Mac via hotkey, or from the web dashboard by pasting text.
Your voice stays
on your Mac. Always.
Speak Mode runs entirely on Apple's Neural Engine. Listen Mode sends only your selected text through secure, encrypted cloud processing — your voice never leaves your machine.
Speak: fully on-device
Apple's speech framework runs locally on your Mac's Neural Engine. No audio recorded, no transcripts uploaded, no servers involved.
Listen: secure cloud
Only the text you select is sent for AI distillation. Processed via encrypted APIs. Audio streams back — your voice is never involved.
No account for basics
Download and dictate immediately. Sign up free to unlock Listen Mode and cloud features.
Built for Mac
A Mac app that
acts like one
Built with Swift and SwiftUI — the same tools Apple uses. It sits in your menu bar, uses almost no resources, and works in any text field on your Mac.
Menu bar native
Always one hotkey away. No dock icon, no window management.
Under 50MB of memory
Runs lighter than most browser tabs.
Works everywhere
Slack, VS Code, Mail, Notes — if you can type in it, Tently works in it.
macOS integration
Respects system appearance, keyboard shortcuts, and accessibility settings.
Pricing
Free during beta. Pro features included.
Every feature is unlocked while we're in beta. No credit card required.
Free
Everything you need to speak and listen smarter.
- Unlimited dictation
- Filler word removal
- Smart punctuation
- Backtrack correction
- On-device processing
- 10 listens per day
- Default voice
- 3 dictionary entries
- 1 snippet
Pro
For power users who live in text fields.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited listens
- Choice of voices
- Developer syntax mode
- List formatting
- Writing style adjustment
- Unlimited dictionary
- Unlimited snippets
- Priority support
Speak smarter. Listen faster.
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No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. We don't even have a server to store your voice on — your email is safe too.
Who it's for
Built for people who type and read too much
Writers & Editors
Draft articles by voice. Listen to AI summaries of research material. Tently handles both directions.
Developers
Dictate code comments and docs by voice. Select API documentation and hear the key endpoints explained instantly.
Medical & Legal
Dictate patient notes, case summaries, and legal memos without sensitive data leaving your machine. On-device processing means HIPAA-friendly by design.
Sales & Support
Compose emails by voice. Select lengthy customer threads and hear the key action items spoken back to you.
Average latency
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