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OmniDictate is the better pick if you want free, zero-setup local real-time dictation on Windows with GPU acceleration and no payment of any kind for personal use. Typilot is the better fit when you need macOS or Linux, AI command triggers for inline text generation and rewriting, ghost-text autocomplete as you type, meeting transcription with speaker labels, or a broader AI writing surface beyond basic dictation.
Yes - both process speech fully on-device with no audio leaving the machine. OmniDictate is free and open-source for Windows, using faster-whisper with real-time VAD and NVIDIA GPU acceleration. Typilot adds 27 inline AI command triggers, ghost-text autocomplete via a local Ollama model, meeting transcription with on-device speaker diarization, and a Polish layer for rewriting selected text - and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux - for $7.99/month or $199 lifetime.
No. OmniDictate processes all speech recognition on-device using faster-whisper; no audio is uploaded and no account is required. Typilot is also fully local - a local Whisper model handles transcription and a local Ollama model powers AI commands and autocomplete, with nothing sent to any server.
No. OmniDictate is a Windows-only application with no confirmed macOS or Linux build as of August 2026. Typilot runs on macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows 10/11, and Linux, with fully local audio processing on all three platforms.
OmniDictate is free for personal, non-commercial use under its CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Commercial use is not permitted under that licence. Typilot is a paid product ($7.99/month or $199 lifetime with a 3-day free trial) and adds AI commands, meeting transcription, and ghost-text autocomplete on top of local dictation.