Dictation app for MacJust speak.
Aiolos writes.
Aiolos is a dictation app for the Mac: hold a key, speak, let go, and your words appear wherever your cursor is blinking. In every app and in 99 languages, recognized right on your Mac.
50 of 50 spots left · free for life · macOS 15, Apple silicon
Works wherever you type: Mail · Outlook · Slack · Microsoft Teams · Notion · Word · Google Docs · ChatGPT · Claude · Cursor · WhatsApp · Chrome
One key. Three steps.
Hold the key
The fn key 🌐 at the bottom left by default. You can pick any other, including ⌥ Option or a combination.
Speak
Just the way you talk. Aiolos listens right on your Mac, not on a server.
Let go
The text appears where your cursor is, cleanly worded and ready to send.
Said: “Can we move the, um, review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm? The slides should be ready by then, and please send me last quarter’s numbers before that.” Written: “Can we move the review to Friday at 2 pm? The slides should be ready by then, and please send me last quarter’s numbers before that.”
You decide how speech becomes text.
While you speak, the ⇧ key switches between modes, and you switch off the ones you don’t need. Try it here.
- Improve selected text: Select text, press a shortcut: Aiolos fixes spelling and style, right in the app you’re in.
- Translate selected text: The selection turns into your target language, right in the app. On web pages and in PDFs, the translation appears in a small window to copy.
“Um, can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm, and, uh, the slides should be ready by then.”
Can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Friday at 2 pm? The slides should be ready by then.
Filler words gone, your self-correction applied, punctuation in place. It reads as if you had written it.
“Um, can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm, and, uh, the slides should be ready by then.”
Um, can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm, and, uh, the slides should be ready by then.
Word for word, exactly what you said. No AI, and it works offline.
“Um, can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm, and, uh, the slides should be ready by then.”
Write a short, friendly message to the team: – The review moves to Friday at 2 pm. – The slides should be ready by then. Tone: matter-of-fact, three sentences at most.
Your train of thought becomes a clear instruction for ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor.
“Um, can you tell the team that we’re moving the review to Thursday, no, Friday at 2 pm, and, uh, the slides should be ready by then.”
Hi team, we’re moving the review to Friday at 2 pm. Please have the slides ready by then. Thanks, [Your name]
Your words as a task: Aiolos writes the message for the team, with a placeholder for what you didn’t say.
Just say what should happen.
The Assistant is the fourth mode. Instead of text, you dictate an instruction, and Aiolos carries it out, in any app.
- With a selection: “Make this friendlier”, “shorter”, “as bullet points” or “translate this into German”. The result replaces the selection.
- Without a selection: “Write a short thank-you email to Mr. Meyer.” The text appears at the cursor, with placeholders for what you didn’t say.
- Questions: “What does this mean?” The answer appears in a small window, and your text stays as it is.
Works with the AI in the cloud and with the offline AI on your Mac.
Selected
hey can u send me the file asap
Replaces the selection
Could you please send me the file as soon as possible?
Right in the app you’re in. ⌘Z undoes it.
Cursor in an empty email
Appears at the cursor
Hi, I’m sorry, but I won’t be able to make it on Friday. Could we find another time? Best, [Your name]
What you didn’t say, the AI doesn’t make up. A placeholder stands there instead.
Selected
The quarterly numbers look good, but churn went up by two percent.
It’s mixed news: the quarterly numbers are good, but rising churn means more customers are leaving.
The answer appears in a window above the pill. Your text stays as it is.
The AI runs on your Mac too. No internet needed.
Correction, prompt, translation and the Assistant also work with an AI model right on your Mac, and on powerful Macs so do meeting notes. Then not even text leaves your device: on a train, on a plane, with confidential writing.
- Fits your Mac: Aiolos recommends a model by your memory: Gemma 4 E2B from 8 GB, E4B from 16 GB, 12B from 32 GB with a Pro, Max or Ultra chip.
- Loaded only when needed: The model starts with your first dictation and frees its memory after a 10-minute break, or at once with one click.
- Switched with one click: Under AI Features you choose where the AI runs: in the cloud or on this Mac. Speech recognition always runs locally.
No server, no account, no connection needed.
Aiolos takes notes in meetings, too.
Aiolos records your calls right on your Mac, with no bot in the room, and then writes notes with action items, decisions and names. Straight to Notion, Obsidian or OneNote if you like.
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
Speech recognition on your device
Aiolos recognizes speech with Whisper right on your Mac. No recording goes to a server, not even ours.
AI models in the EU
For Correction, the Assistant and meeting notes, only text goes to the AI, never audio. By default the models run in EU data centers and don’t switch to other regions on their own. Neither we nor the AI providers store your text, and nobody trains on it.
No account, no cloud storage
Transcripts and notes stay on your Mac. With the offline AI (beta), correction, translation, the Assistant and, if you like, meeting notes stay entirely on your Mac too.
Aiolos learns your words.
- Dictionary: Names, jargon, products: add them once and Aiolos spells them right from then on.
- Snippets: Say “signature” or “address” and the whole block appears.
- 99 languages: English, German and 97 more. Aiolos detects the language on its own.
- Your key: Any modifier key, a combination, fn or F1 to F20.
“I built Aiolos because I think faster than I type, and I didn’t want to send my voice to someone else’s servers for it. The first 50 get it for free: tell me what’s missing.”
The first 50 get Aiolos. Free, for life.
As an early bird, you get everything and use the AI with your own key. After that, Aiolos comes free with limits, or as Pro with the AI included.
Early bird
Now, for the first 50
€0
for life
Every Pro feature, offline AI (beta) too
AI with your own OpenRouter key
No expiry date, no subscription
A personal license key for one device, a Mac or soon a Windows PC
Updates for as long as we offer them to early birds
0 of 50 spots taken
Free
After the early bird phase
€0
no subscription, with limits
Unlimited dictation without AI, locally on your Mac
2,000 AI words a week for Correction, Prompt, Assistant and selected text
Unlimited meeting recording and transcripts
AI notes for 3 meetings a month
Export to Markdown and Apple Notes
AI included, no account, no key of your own
After 2,000 AI words
You keep dictating without AI, word for word as in Raw mode, until the new week begins.
Pro
After the early bird phase
€59 / year
or €7.99 a month
Everything in Free, plus:
AI without a weekly limit for Correction, Prompt, Assistant and selected text
AI notes for all your meetings
Export to Notion, Obsidian and OneNote
Offline AI on your Mac (beta)
Fair use
Up to 5,000 AI dictations and 40 meeting hours a month are included. That covers almost everyone, and dictations without AI don’t count at all.
Free and Pro start after the early bird phase. Until then, Aiolos is available to early birds only. All prices include VAT.
Aiolos in brief
- What
- Dictation app for Mac with AI modes and meeting notes
- For
- Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Windows is coming.
- Speech recognition
- Whisper, right on your Mac, offline too, in 99 languages
- AI
- In EU data centers by default, or offline on your Mac (Gemma 4, beta)
- Modes
- Raw, Correction, Prompt and Assistant, plus improving and translating selected text
- Meetings
- Microphone and system audio with no bot in the call, export to Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, OneNote and Markdown
- Data
- Stays on your Mac, no account, no cloud storage
- Price
- Free for life for the first 50. After the early bird phase, free with limits (unlimited dictation without AI, 2,000 AI words a week) or Pro for €59 a year or €7.99 a month with AI included
- By
- Automation Atelier
Good to know
What is Aiolos?+
Aiolos is a dictation app for the Mac. You hold a key, speak and let go, and your words appear in whatever app you're writing in. Speech recognition runs with Whisper right on your Mac. If you like, an AI turns it into finished text, a prompt, or carries out an instruction. On top of that come meeting notes with no bot in the call.
Do I need an AI key?+
No. After the early bird phase, the AI is included: 2,000 AI words a week on the free plan, fair use on Pro. Only with the early bird license do you add your own OpenRouter key, and the in-app introduction shows you how in a few minutes. Dictating in Raw mode, word for word, needs no AI at all.
What can the Assistant do?+
You say what should happen. With selected text, it changes it as you ask, such as “make this friendlier” or “translate this into German”. Without a selection, it writes at the cursor, such as a short email. And if you ask something about the selected text, it answers in a small window without changing your text.
Can I translate web pages and PDFs too?+
Yes. Select the text and press the translate shortcut. In a text field, the translation replaces the selection. Where nothing can be changed, such as on a web page or in a PDF, it appears in a small window you copy it from. The same goes for corrections and the Assistant.
Does Aiolos work offline?+
Yes. Dictating in Raw mode always works offline. With the offline AI (beta), for early birds and on Pro, so do Correction, Prompt, translation and the Assistant, with an AI model right on your Mac. On Macs with 32 GB of memory and a Pro, Max or Ultra chip, it writes meeting notes too.
Where is my data stored?+
On your Mac. Aiolos stores nothing in the cloud and needs no account. Only when you use AI does text go to the AI models, by default in data centers in the EU: on the free plan and Pro through our server and OpenRouter, with your own key directly through OpenRouter. Neither we nor the AI providers store it. Audio never leaves your Mac.
Is Aiolos available for Windows or iPhone?+
Aiolos launches on the Mac first. The Windows version is coming soon.
How do I get updates?+
Automatically. Aiolos looks for new versions itself and installs them once you agree.
What exactly is the early bird license?+
The first 50 users get Aiolos free, with no expiry date. Updates are free too, for as long as we offer them to early birds; the version you have stays yours either way. You receive a personal license key for one device (a Mac or, once Aiolos is available for it, a Windows PC) and get every feature without the free plan's limits, offline AI (beta) included. You use the AI with your own OpenRouter key and pay for it directly there, with no markup from us: about $0.19 per 1,000 dictations and about $0.05 per meeting hour. In return, you agree that we may contact you by email for marketing purposes, such as news, surveys and feedback. You can withdraw at any time, with the link in every email or in the privacy policy, and keep your license.
How much does Aiolos cost?+
The first 50 users get Aiolos free for life as early birds. After the early bird phase, there are two plans: Free, with unlimited dictation without AI, 2,000 AI words a week and AI notes for 3 meetings a month, and Pro for €59 a year or €7.99 a month, AI included. All prices include VAT.
Which Mac and macOS version do I need?+
A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 15 Sequoia or later. For the offline AI, Aiolos recommends the right model for your memory, from 8 GB.
Which languages does Aiolos understand?+
99 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Aiolos detects the language on its own, or you can set it.
How is Aiolos different from Apple Dictation?+
Apple's built-in dictation writes down what you say. Aiolos can do that too (Raw mode), but can also turn it into finished text right away: without filler words, with your self-corrections applied, as a prompt or as a written-out message. On top come a dictionary, snippets, improving and translating selected text, and meeting notes. More in the comparison with Apple Dictation.
How is Aiolos different from Wispr Flow and Superwhisper?+
Wispr Flow recognizes speech in the cloud and, according to its maker, always needs an internet connection. Aiolos recognizes speech on your Mac, offline too, and runs the AI in EU data centers by default. Superwhisper also recognizes speech locally and runs on more platforms. The details: Aiolos vs. Wispr Flow and Aiolos vs. Superwhisper.
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Setup takes a few minutes. The in-app introduction walks you through every step.