What you can do with Talkify

4 use cases

• Dictate text into any Mac app by holding fn

  Install Talkify and dictate on-device by holding fn, speaking, and releasing.

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  In the repo tornikegomareli/Talkify, confirm that the README says recognition runs on-device with Apple's SpeechTranscriber. Report the one-line install command and the fn gesture that starts dictation. Verify that the README states Talkify makes no network requests.

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• Transcribe an audio or video file by dragging it to the notch

  Drop a recording on the notch to get a transcript saved next to the source file.

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  In the repo tornikegomareli/Talkify, read the Drop a file on the notch section and list the steps to get a transcript of a file at <path to audio or video file>. Output the steps and the default save behavior, and verify that the README says the file is saved after five seconds unless the island is hovered.

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• Dictate in English and insert Spanish text by holding right ⌘

  Speak in one language and insert the translation on-device with one shortcut.

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  In the repo tornikegomareli/Talkify, find the Speak one language, insert another section and summarize how the right ⌘ key chooses the target language. Verify and state whether the README says translation runs on the Mac.

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• Build and test Talkify from source with xcodebuild

  Clone the repo, build the app headless, and run the test suite the way CI does.

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  In the local clone of tornikegomareli/Talkify at <path>, run the test command from the README and report the number of passing and failing tests. Verify that the test command uses the platform=macOS destination before you report.

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How to use Talkify

1. Check you have what it needs: macOS 26 (Tahoe) on Apple Silicon; Homebrew for the one-line cask install, or the Talkify.dmg from the latest release; Xcode, since the project is an Xcode project, for building from source.
2. Open tornikegomareli/Talkify on GitHub and read the README and license.
3. Install the cask with brew install --cask tornikegomareli/talkify/talkify.
4. Open Talkify from the Applications folder and find the menu bar ghost.
5. Click into any text field in another app.
6. Hold fn, speak, then release fn to insert the text.

These steps come from our top use case, Dictate text into any Mac app by holding fn, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

• Who it is forMac users who write a lot and want fast, private dictation, and developers who want to build or test the app from source.
• Why it is hot
• LanguageSwift
• Sourcegithub.com/tornikegomareli/Talkify · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

• macOS 26 (Tahoe) on Apple Silicon
• Homebrew for the one-line cask install, or the Talkify.dmg from the latest release
• Xcode, since the project is an Xcode project, for building from source

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