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If you want the simplest possible local push-to-talk dictation on an Apple Silicon Mac and have no need for AI commands, meeting transcription, multilingual support, or Windows/Linux, Phantom Voice delivers that for a one-time $10 with minimal setup. Typilot is the better fit when voice is one of several AI surfaces you need, when you want keyboard-triggered AI commands or on-demand rewrites, when you need English plus other languages, or when you need Linux, Windows, or an Intel Mac.
Yes, for local push-to-talk dictation - and Typilot adds 27 keyboard-triggered AI commands, a Polish rewrite layer, on-device meeting transcription with speaker diarization, ghost-text autocomplete, and cross-platform support for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Both keep audio fully on-device with no cloud uploads at any tier.
No. Phantom Voice requires macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 or later). It does not run on Intel Macs, Windows, or Linux. For local Whisper dictation on Windows, Typilot, Murmur, and HyperVoice are cross-platform alternatives. For Intel Mac, Typilot and Superwhisper both support Intel macOS.
Yes. Phantom Voice transcription runs entirely on-device via whisper.cpp with Metal GPU acceleration; your audio never leaves the Mac. The only network request is the one-time ~1.5 GB model download on first launch. After that, it works with no internet connection.
Phantom Voice is English only. For local dictation in other languages, Typilot supports 99+ languages via Whisper multilingual models, and Superwhisper, Spokenly, and Handy also offer multilingual Whisper support on their free or lifetime tiers.