AI meeting assistant, voice to text & transcription,
entirely on your Mac.
Meeting transcripts with speaker detection and text at the press of a key in any app. No account, no subscription. And when you want more, plug in your own AI.
- 100% on your Mac
- No account
- No subscription
For when recordings can't leave the room.
Some conversations can't touch a cloud. Tyll transcribes dictation and meetings fully on your Mac by default, with no account and no upload, which keeps GDPR and confidentiality simple. Need more? Optionally connect a cloud or your own AI model on your network.
Voice input for every app on your Mac.
Press your shortcut and speak. A second press lands your words as text right where the cursor blinks. Voice input in any app, any text field, any prompt, fully on your Mac. Nothing is stored, nothing piles up in a list.
- Works completely offline on your Mac
- Keeps only your last three dictations, nothing more
- Optionally enhanced by an AI model, local, in-house or in the cloud
Your AI meeting assistant that takes the notes.
Tyll records you and the other side at once, transcribes your meeting with automatic speaker detection, and turns it into a clean transcript with names, timestamps and the original audio to play back.
- Runs in every meeting app, from Zoom to Teams, Meet and more
- You confirm the speakers before the transcript is written
- Summaries & polish, optional via cloud or your own AI model
Who said what, in black and white.
Speaker attribution, timestamps and an optional AI summary. Your finished meeting transcript, local on your Mac.
Code by voice. In any AI editor.
Press your shortcut, speak your prompt. It lands straight in the chat input of Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Long refactors and precise instructions in one breath, faster than you can type.
You choose.
Recording and transcription always run locally on your Mac. For extras like summaries, optionally connect an AI model, in the cloud or on your own network.
100% local
By default, recording, speaker detection and transcription all run on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no setup.
AI model in the cloud
Transcription stays local. For extras like summaries, polish and glossary corrections you optionally connect a cloud AI model. With your own API key.
Your own AI model
Transcription stays local. For the same extras you optionally connect your own AI model on your network. Nothing leaves it.
Small features that matter every day.
What Tyll brings to the table from minute one. Swipe through.
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25 European languages
English, German, and 23 more. The language is auto-detected.
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Anywhere on your Mac
Mail, Slack, Notion, Xcode. Wherever the cursor blinks.
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Works offline
No Wi-Fi needed. Everything happens locally on your Mac.
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One key away
Pick a hotkey. Speak. Text lands wherever the cursor blinks.
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Knows who spoke
In meetings, voices are mapped to the right names automatically.
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Built for Apple Silicon
Models run natively on M-chips. Fast, quiet, energy-efficient.
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No account needed
Download and go. No login, no subscription, no cloud lock-in.
Tyll vs the alternatives.
Honest comparisons, no spin.
| Tyll | Wispr Flow | MacWhisper | Granola | Otter | |
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| Features | |||||
| Dictation (in any app) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Meeting transcription | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speaker detection | ✓ | – | ✓ | ||
| No bot in the meeting | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Quality & languages | |||||
| Transcription quality | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Languages | 25 | 100+ | 100+ | 10 | 6 |
| Privacy & control | |||||
| Runs locally (no forced cloud) | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Your own AI model, cloud, local or company network | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Original audio kept | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Price | |||||
| Price | $69 one-time | $15 / month | 64 € one-time | $14 / month | $8.33 / month, billed annually |
Honestly, pure cloud services can be slightly ahead on raw recognition accuracy. In return, Tyll keeps everything on your Mac by default, and you optionally connect a cloud or your own AI model for extras.
Buy once. Keep it.
Elsewhere, dictation and a meeting assistant are two apps with two subscriptions, easily $20 and up per month combined. Tyll is both in one app, $69 once for macOS and no running costs.
Good to know.
Does Tyll run entirely locally on the Mac? +
Yes. Recording and transcription run fully on your Mac by default, with no cloud and no account. Cloud features are optional and only active when you turn them on yourself.
Do I need an account or a subscription? +
No. Tyll works without an account and without a subscription. Download the app and get started right away.
How much does Tyll cost? +
Tyll is a one-time purchase of $69, not a subscription. You pay once, use Tyll with no running costs, and get updates for the current version. Dictation and meeting transcription are both included in this one app.
What's the difference between Dictation and Meetings? +
Dictation turns your voice into text in any app at the press of a key. Meetings records conversations, automatically detects who's speaking, and produces a complete transcript with a summary.
Does Tyll work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet? +
Yes. Tyll captures your meeting audio system-wide, so it works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and any other conferencing app.
Does Tyll automatically detect who is speaking? +
Yes. Tyll separates speakers automatically and labels them in the transcript, so you can instantly see who said what.
Does dictation work offline? +
Yes. Because transcription runs directly on your Mac, dictation works even without an internet connection.
Which languages are supported? +
The bundled local speech recognition supports 25 European languages, including English and German, and detects the language automatically.
Which Mac do I need for Tyll? +
Tyll requires macOS 15 or later and is optimized for Apple silicon Macs (M1 and newer).
Is Tyll an alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, Otter or Granola? +
Yes. Tyll combines dictation (like Wispr Flow or Superwhisper) and AI meeting transcription (like Otter or Granola) in one app. Unlike those cloud services, Tyll runs locally on your Mac by default and is a one-time purchase instead of a subscription.
Dictate and transcribe meetings, right on your Mac.
Tyll turns your voice into text and writes up meetings automatically. Private, local and without a subscription. Download Tyll for macOS and start right away.