# Murmur

> Murmur is a free, native macOS dictation app that turns speech into text at the cursor in any app. Hold the Right Option key, speak, and release. Apple SpeechAnalyzer transcribes on-device, so dictation works offline and needs no account, word limit, or telemetry. Cloud engines are optional and use a key you provide.

## Quick facts

- Product: Murmur for macOS
- Maker: Vishawjeet Sidhu (https://vsidhu.com)
- Platform: macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon
- Price: Free forever for the Apple On-device engine. Cloud engines are pay-as-you-go with your own provider key.
- Download: Murmur 1.0.0 for macOS — https://murmur.vsidhu.com/downloads/Murmur-1.0.0.dmg
- Native: SwiftUI + AppKit, not Electron or Chromium
- Default engine: Apple SpeechAnalyzer, entirely on-device
- Languages: English (India), English (US/UK), Hindi, and Hinglish code-switching
- Output: Roman Hinglish or Devanagari
- Works in: any macOS app with a text cursor, including Cursor, VS Code, Terminal, Slack, WhatsApp, Notes, Gmail, Linear, Notion, Figma, and browsers
- Account: none
- Word limit: none on-device
- Audio storage: none; the buffer is memory-only and is discarded on key release
- History: local JSON inside Murmur's app data folder; enabled by default in the current build, can be disabled or deleted, never audio

## How it works

1. Hold the Right Option key in any app.
2. Speak naturally. The listening pill at the notch shows live words.
3. Release. Murmur inserts the transcript at the cursor.
4. Optional: add project words to the dictionary, or choose a cloud engine with your own key.

## Key pages

- Home and product details: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/
- Features: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/#features
- Engines: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/#engines
- Privacy policy: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/privacy
- Terms of use: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/terms
- Support: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/support
- FAQ: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/#faq

## Contact

- Email: contactvishaw@gmail.com
- Support: https://murmur.vsidhu.com/support

## Canonical description

Murmur is a free, native macOS dictation app. Hold Right Option and speak — your words land at the cursor in any app. On-device by default, no account.