Hold and talk
Keep your cursor where it is. Hold Option–Space and say the thought naturally.
Voice to text for Mac
Your thoughts,
already written.
Speak naturally in any app. Vell removes the ums, finds the sentence, and leaves the words sounding unmistakably like you.
macOS 14+ · BYOK and local are free · Pro includes a 14-day trial
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Listening ⌥ Space
“Um, hey Alex, so the revised launch plan is ready…”becameclear, finished writing
Works in every Mac appUnderstands your vocabularyCloud, BYOK, or fully local
One shortcut
Thought moves faster
than a keyboard.
Vell keeps up without asking you to change where—or how—you work.
Vell finds the sentence
Filler disappears. Punctuation, structure, and your preferred spellings fall into place.
Release and move on
Finished text lands at your cursor. No copy-paste loop. No context switch.
“Okay, um, I think we should probably move the meeting to next Tuesday because the numbers won't be ready…”
Spoken thoughtFinished text
Let’s move the meeting to next Tuesday—the numbers won’t be ready in time.
Still sounds like you
Clean writing.
Not generic writing.
Choose clean, concise, casual, formal, or verbatim. Add the names and terms that matter to you. Vell edits the friction out—not your personality.
- Custom dictionary
- Five writing styles
- Multilingual transcription
Your voice, your rules
Pick the privacy
model that fits.
Easiest
Vell Cloud
No keys to manage. Your subscription verifies each request; recordings and transcripts are never retained by Vell.
Included with ProFlexible
Bring your own key
Connect OpenAI or Groq directly. Your key stays encrypted in macOS Keychain and billing stays in your provider account.
Free foreverMost private
On this Mac
Run whisper.cpp locally. No network request, no remote account, and your audio never leaves the machine.
Free foreverStraightforward pricing
Pay for convenience.
Not permission.
BYOK and local transcription are fully usable without a subscription. Pro is for the people who want a managed service that just works.
Vell Pro$8.99 / month
- 14-day card-on-file trial
- Managed transcription
- Smart cleanup and every style
- Use on all your Macs
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Ready when you are
Stop typing
around the thought.
Give your hands a break and your ideas a clearer path onto the page.
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