Hold fn
Global capture starts without moving the cursor.
Free local Mac dictation
Dictate into any Mac app without breaking focus.
Hold Fn, speak, release. ShoutOut transcribes locally, lightly cleans up the wording in your style, and pastes into the field you were already using.
Focused app stays focused
Boom appears only while recording
Ready · walking along the edge
How it works
Talk anywhere your cursor already is.
Hold Fn, say the thing, and let ShoutOut put the text back into the app you were already using.
Keep it local
Fast English transcription runs on your Mac, with no cloud round trip.
Clean up
Casual, Normal, or Formal writing style runs locally after transcription.
Paste back
The focused field receives the result with smart spacing around the cursor.
Writing style
Your words. Your writing style.
Choose Casual, Normal, or Formal for local text cleanup, or turn cleanup off. The same fast English dictation powers every style.
For quick thoughts and DMs.
your words in lowercase no extra punctuation just like a quick message
Example output
i can send this by friday if that works
For everyday writing.
Your words, with natural punctuation and everyday capitalization.
Example output
I can send this by Friday, if that works.
For emails and finished notes.
Your words, presented with proper capitalization and precise punctuation.
Example output
I can send this by Friday if that works.
Make it yours
Crab or Classic. Your call.
Pick a little personality or a quiet indicator at the edge of your screen. Same shortcut, same local dictation. Switch anytime in Settings → Indicator.
A little company while you work.
A crab that walks along your screen edge and brings out its mic when you speak. Pick your favorite color, too.
Quick draft
Your words appear here.
Small, subtle, ready when you are.
A compact indicator that responds while you speak, then settles back into a small tab at the screen edge.
Quick draft
Your words appear here.
Ready · walking along the edge
Works where you type
Messages, notes, editors, chats. Same shortcut everywhere.
No separate writing box. No app switching. ShoutOut stays out of the way until you need your voice.
running late?
On my way now.
ai
Found the diff. Updating release notes and checking the build.
me
summarize the changes and ship it
Release checklist
Follow up: packaging, permissions, first-run model download.
First run
Set up the Mac permissions once.
ShoutOut uses the standard macOS prompts for recording, the Fn shortcut, and putting text back into the app you are using.
Download
Get ShoutOut for macOS.
A free Mac utility with local dictation, writing styles, history, insights, and a checklist for the permissions macOS keeps in your control.