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HoldSpeak

Cross-platform local voice typing and meeting transcription for macOS and Linux.

  • Completely free
  • macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

HoldSpeak is a speech-to-text program, available on macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository: voice input and commands.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Cross-platform local voice typing and meeting transcription for macOS and Linux.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Cross-platform local voice typing and meeting transcription for macOS and Linux.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

HoldSpeak is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub karolswdev/HoldSpeak (Apache-2.0)

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