Vel
Private dictation for your Mac.
Hold a key, speak, and your words are ready to paste. Vel turns your voice into text on your Mac, so your voice and your words never leave it.
Coming soon to the Mac App Store
On your Mac
The speech model runs on your Mac. No account, no cloud, works offline.
Learns your words
Correct a name once and Vel spells it right next time.
Your key, your way
Hold to talk, or double-tap for hands-free. Pick the key that suits you.
Many languages
Works best in 15 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, Hindi and Tamil.
Free, or Vel Unlimited
Vel is free to download, with 5,000 words a week. Try everything free for 7 days, then keep the free plan or get Vel Unlimited: one purchase, no subscription, on every Mac signed in to your Apple Account.
Needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.