The words land at your cursor, in whatever Mac app you're in. Transcribed on your Mac, tidied up, and typed in the moment you release.
Hold the space bar on your keyboard, or press and hold the key above.
Three beats, in any app
Hold
Wherever your cursor is: Mail, Slack, a terminal, a form in your browser. Murmurly listens while you hold.
Speak
As long as you like. A small capsule shows the words as it hears them, so you know it's keeping up.
Let go
Filler words come out, punctuation goes in, and the text is typed where you were. Double-tap the key to keep recording hands-free.
What you say, and what lands
What you said
um so can you send the draft to legal uh by thursday and like cc me on it you know just so i have it
What lands at your cursor
Can you send the draft to legal by Thursday and cc me on it, just so I have it?
Most people type around forty words a minute and speak around a hundred and fifty. The same sentence, both ways.
Questions
Does my audio leave my Mac?
No. Transcription runs on your Mac with Apple's speech recognizer, and the recording is discarded the moment it's transcribed. Cleanup runs on your Mac too, with Apple Intelligence.
Which apps does it work in?
Any app that accepts typed text: Mail, Slack, Notes, browsers, terminals, code editors. Murmurly types where your cursor is; it doesn't integrate with apps one by one.
Why do I need to sign in?
So the people making Murmurly can see how many people use it and which parts. What's sent after sign-in is counts, such as how many dictations and words, never any text. You sign in once; after that it works offline.
Is it free?
Yes.
Can I use my own AI model?
You can point cleanup at Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your own key. It's off by default, and the app tells you plainly that the text of each dictation is sent to that provider when it's on.
Which Macs?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. On-device cleanup needs Apple Intelligence; without it, dictation still works and the text arrives as spoken.