# Almond

The fastest offline dictation for Mac.

## Product facts
- Name: Almond
- Category: macOS dictation / voice-to-text app
- Platform: macOS (Apple Silicon)
- System requirements: macOS 15.6 or later
- Core value: fastest dictation with deterministic on-device transcription
- Privacy: audio and transcript content stay on-device
- Network: dictation works offline

## Speed claim
- Claim: 3x faster end-of-dictation to result
- Comparison group: Wispr Flow and other cloud-first dictation models
- Test date: 2026-02-15
- Verification date: 2026-02-16
- Input: Same 20-second spoken phrase
- Metric: Elapsed time from end of dictation to visible final result
- Processing model: Deterministic on-device processing with no cloud LLM round trip
- Qualifier: Based on Almond internal testing (February 15, 2026): same 20-second spoken phrase, measured from end of dictation to visible final text result versus Wispr Flow and other cloud-first dictation models.
- Benchmark page: https://almondvoice.com/dictation-speed-benchmark
- Method page: https://almondvoice.com/dictation-latency-methodology

## Short description
Almond helps people write at the speed of thought with fast local dictation that works in any Mac app.

## Canonical source pages
- https://almondvoice.com/
- https://almondvoice.com/download
- https://almondvoice.com/pricing
- https://almondvoice.com/guides
- https://almondvoice.com/compare
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-speed-benchmark
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-latency-methodology
- https://almondvoice.com/fastest-dictation-mac
- https://almondvoice.com/offline-dictation-mac
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-ai
- https://almondvoice.com/privacy
- https://almondvoice.com/faq
- https://almondvoice.com/blog
- https://almondvoice.com/ai-prompting-with-voice
- https://almondvoice.com/prompting-by-voice
- https://almondvoice.com/mac-dictation-for-chatgpt-claude-gemini
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-cursor
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-windsurf
- https://almondvoice.com/voice-coding-mac
- https://almondvoice.com/offline-dictation-for-developers
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-claude-code
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-vscode
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-notion
- https://almondvoice.com/dictation-for-slack
- https://almondvoice.com/on-device-speech-to-text-mac
- https://almondvoice.com/secure-dictation-for-teams
- https://almondvoice.com/cloud-vs-on-device-dictation
- https://almondvoice.com/best-dictation-app-for-mac-2026
- https://almondvoice.com/wispr-flow-alternative
- https://almondvoice.com/aqua-voice-alternative
- https://almondvoice.com/willow-voice-alternative

## Contact
- Email: support@almondvoice.com

## Last updated
2026-02-16