Faster for long dictations
- Streaming windows: Voice Type transcribes in ~30 second blocks so the interface stays responsive even during long sessions.
- Quick finalisation: When you release the hotkey, only the last block remains. On an M1 Mac this wrap-up typically takes 2–3 seconds.
- No uploads: With everything on-device there is no waiting on hotel Wi-Fi or worrying about compression artefacts.
Higher recognition confidence
- RNNoise VAD: Removes silence and suppresses background noise before words ever reach the recogniser.
- Signal conditioning: −14 LUFS normalisation, 50 Hz high-pass filtering, and band-limited resampling align the input with Whisper-style training data.
- No heavy prompt hacks: We avoid over-corrective LLM prompts that can make transcripts look confident but drift from what you actually said.
Trust signals
- App Store sandboxed: Voice Type is distributed through Apple with notarisation and sandboxing enabled.
- Authentic reviews: Our App Store listing surfaces real feedback, positive and critical, to keep us accountable.
- Optional rewrites only: Dictation never hits the network unless you opt into bring-your-own-key rewriting.