Voicy alternative
Voicy types what you say, on almost any device. JotMic covers Mac and Windows, and on those two it does three things Voicy does not: works with no internet, acts on what you asked, and turns recordings you already have into text.
| Feature | JotMic | Voicy |
|---|---|---|
| Works offline | Full, no internet | Not offered |
| Controls your apps | Open, switch, any menu item | Not offered |
| Transcribe recordings | Drop a file in | Not offered |
| Free tier | 5,000 words, never expire | 30 minutes |
| Platforms | Mac and Windows | Also Linux, browser, mobile |
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What it changes about a working day
Most of what you write is short and there is a lot of it — a reply to Sam, a line in a ticket, a note before you forget, a Slack answer with three caveats in it. Thirty seconds each, forty a day, and a switch back to the keyboard every time.
Say “tell sam we ship friday and ask if the review is still on” into your email and what lands is “Hi Sam — we ship Friday. Is the review still on? Thanks.”Say it into your notes and you get two bullets; into a chat window and you get “we ship friday — review still on?” Same dictation, shaped for where it went, with the ums removed and nothing to tidy before sending.
It does things, not just types them
Say “open Slack”, “new folder”, “scroll down” and it happens. There is no list of commands to learn and nothing to set up per app: JotMic works out what the app in front of you can actually do, so “merge cells” works in Numbers and “toggle sidebar” works in your editor without either being taught. An app you installed this morning responds the first time you talk to it.
It acts only on a complete phrase matched exactly, anything else is typed as words, and one switch turns it off. Voicy types what you said and stops there.
It keeps working when the internet stops
JotMic can run entirely on your own machine, with nothing sent anywhere at any point. That is a stronger promise than deleting things afterwards — there is no upload to delete. It matters on a plane, on conference wifi, and on work under a confidentiality obligation. Voicy does not offer an offline mode. JotMic wants a machine with room to spare for it, and online is the default otherwise.
The words it stops getting wrong
The four words you use forty times a day are the ones that decide whether dictation sticks — a colleague’s name, your product, an acronym. Teach JotMic one once and it lands right from then on, on every machine on your account, and the same list is used when it transcribes a recording.
Recordings you already have
Drop in an interview, a call, a lecture or a video and get clean text or subtitles back. Voicy handles live speech only, so a recorded conversation is a job for a second tool. In JotMic it is the same app, on any paid plan.
Working in about ninety seconds
- Pick your key. Right Option by default. Hold it to dictate, let go and the text lands. There is no window to open and no button to find.
- Grant two permissions. Microphone, so it can hear you. Accessibility, so it can type for you. That is the complete list — no screen recording, no camera, no calendar, no contacts.
- Hold, talk, release. Punctuated text appears wherever your cursor already was. Nothing to copy, nothing to paste, and nothing to set up per app.
There are no modes to build before it works, no prompts to write and no transcription model to choose. If you want to teach it a name it keeps spelling wrong, that is one entry and it then applies on every machine on your account.
What leaves your machine, and what is kept
Nothing is kept, on either setting. What you say is turned into text and deleted straight after — no recording archived, no transcript stored, and nothing used to train a model. That holds whether you are online or not.
If nothing may leave the building, it does not have to. JotMic can run the whole thing on your own machine with no network at any point, which is a different promise from deleting things afterwards: there is no upload to delete. That mode is opt-in, it wants a machine with room to spare, and online is the default otherwise.
Two permissions, and that is the whole list. Microphone to hear you, Accessibility to type for you. No screen recording, no camera, no reading your files. You can check that in System Settings rather than taking our word for it.
Not for you if
You need dictation on Linux, in a Chrome extension, or on an iPhone or Android phone. Voicy runs on all of those and JotMic is a desktop app for macOS 14 or later and Windows 11.
Questions
What is the best Voicy alternative?
JotMic. It does everything Voicy does on Mac and Windows — dictation into any app, automatic punctuation, custom vocabulary, 99+ languages — and adds three things Voicy does not offer: offline dictation, voice commands that run your computer, and transcribing recordings you already have.
Can I dictate without an internet connection?
With JotMic, yes. The whole thing runs on your own machine with no network at any point, which is what work that cannot leave the building needs. Voicy does not offer an offline mode. JotMic wants a machine with room to spare for it, and online is the default otherwise.
Can JotMic control my computer by voice?
Yes, with nothing to configure. Say what you want done and it happens — open an app, switch to it, hit a menu item, drive tabs and scrolling. On a Mac, anything in a menu is something you can say. Voicy types what you said and stops there.
Can I transcribe an interview or a recording?
With JotMic, drop the file in and get clean text or subtitles back — audio or video, on any paid plan. Voicy does not offer file transcription; it works on live speech only.
How do the free tiers compare?
Voicy gives 30 minutes of recording, on a clock. JotMic gives 5,000 words — roughly 35 minutes of steady talking — that never expire. Similar size, different shape: one of them runs out while you are busy with something else.
Is my voice private with either one?
Both say they do not store recordings. JotMic can go further when it matters: run it offline and the audio never leaves your machine at all, so there is nothing to store, retain or subpoena. Online, it is turned into text and deleted straight after, and never used for training.
Does JotMic run on Linux or in a browser like Voicy?
No. JotMic is macOS 14 or later and Windows 11 on 64-bit. Voicy covers Linux, a Chrome extension, iOS and Android — if you need any of those, it has them and JotMic does not.