Hold a key. Speak.
Watch it type.
TypeMate is a fast, private dictation app for developers, AI power users, and heavy typers. Hold a shortcut, speak, release. Your words land in whatever field has focus, in 28 languages, with no cloud in between.
Windows and Linux, with macOS preview and Android. Free and open source, Apache 2.0.
How it works
Three moves. Zero friction.
Hold your shortcut
One global shortcut works from any app. No window switching, no clicking a mic button, no waiting for anything to open.
Speak naturally
A quiet overlay shows that TypeMate is listening. It never takes focus, so the field you were typing in stays exactly where it was.
Release. Text appears.
Transcription runs on your own CPU and the words are typed straight into the focused field. English lands in about a second.
Why TypeMate
Built for people who type for a living
Prompting agents, writing commits, replying in chat. Speaking is faster than typing, and TypeMate makes it feel native to the desktop.
Private by design
Every word is transcribed on your own CPU. Audio never leaves your machine, and there are no accounts, uploads, or cloud APIs in the path.
Fast where it counts
English is powered by NVIDIA Parakeet running in-process. A spoken sentence lands as text in about a second on an ordinary laptop.
Works in any app
IDE, terminal, browser, chat, AI agent prompt. Whatever field has focus receives the text directly, no copy-paste dance.
Noise suppression built in
A local denoiser cleans up fans, keyboards, and background chatter before transcription, so accuracy holds up outside quiet rooms.
Insights, kept local
Words dictated, speed, streaks, and a daily activity heatmap. Computed on your device like everything else, never reported anywhere.
A truly quiet overlay
The listening indicator is built to never take input focus. Your cursor stays in your work while you talk, which is the whole point.
28 languages, curated
English plus 24 European languages, and dedicated fine-tuned models for Hindi, Hinglish, and Tamil. Every language ships only after it proves itself.
Free and open source
Apache 2.0 licensed and developed in the open. Read the code, file issues, or build it yourself.
Languages
28 languages. One model each, picked on merit.
No model picker to fiddle with. TypeMate pairs every language with the best local model it validated for it, including dedicated fine-tunes for Hindi, Hinglish, and Tamil.
Android
The same dictation, in your pocket
TypeMate ships an Android app with the same local engines running on the device. No cloud on the phone either.
Tap the floating mic
A small bubble sits on top of whatever app you are in. Tap, speak, and the words land in the focused field.
Or hold a keyboard shortcut
With a keyboard attached, hold Ctrl + Meta and talk. The exact same hold-to-talk flow as the desktop app.
Made for Samsung DeX
Dock your phone into DeX desktop mode and TypeMate behaves exactly like it does on a PC: shortcut, speak, release, typed.
Download
Get TypeMate
Free, open source, no account needed. Install it, hold the shortcut, and start talking.
Windows
Windows 10 and 11, x64
Linux
X11 desktops, x64
macOS
Early preview build
Android
Floating mic, DeX ready