Say it messy. Paste it clean

Hold ⌥ Space, say the whole thing, let go. Clean, punctuated text lands where your cursor already is: polite in Mail, casual in Slack, exact in your code editor. Already wrote something rough? Select it, press ⌥⇧Space, and rewrite it in place. All of it runs on your Mac, and your voice and writing stay there.

Echo Flow AI runs locally on your Mac after a one-time setup download. Your dictated audio, transcripts, and rewritten text are not uploaded for polishing.
14-day free trial Lifetime · no subscription On-device by default

Some voice apps flow to the cloud. Then they bill you every month for the privilege.

Echo Flow runs on your Mac, and you buy it once. Your voice goes nowhere, and there is no month 13 invoice.

Dictate ⌥ + Space

  1. Hold ⌥ + Space. The overlay appears instantly.
  2. Speak naturally. Echo Flow reads the room: Mail becomes email, Slack stays casual, code stays verbatim.
  3. Release. Polished text lands exactly where your cursor is.

Rewrite ⌥ + ⇧ + Space

  1. Select any text in any app.
  2. Press ⌥⇧Space. Choose Fix Writing, Sound Pro, Make It Shorter, Bullet Points, or another palette action.
  3. Echo Flow replaces the selection or copies the result when the app blocks replacement.

“I rambled for like, two minutes about a session and it — it actually made a decent SOAP note? Had to fix one line. That’s it,” says Will, a therapist in portland who was pretty sure he’d hate dictating.

He still edits every note. Good. The tool isn’t supposed to think for you. Just type less.

One focused model. Set up once, then fully offline

Echo Flow polishes your dictation and rewrites locally on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no data leaves your machine. After a one-time setup, it runs entirely on-device.

  • Echo Flow AI: a single local polish model built for speech, tuned on tens of thousands of real dictation pairs.
  • ~380 MB one-time download, then fully offline. Fast first-token response on every Apple Silicon Mac.
  • Keeps your names, numbers, URLs, and code intact: it fixes fill words and punctuation without rewriting what you actually said.
  • Pairs with Apple Intelligence on macOS 26+ when available.
Recommended

Echo Flow AI

4 GB RAM or more · Apple Silicon. Trained to fix fill words, false starts, and punctuation without rewriting what you said.

Apple Intelligence

On macOS 26+ Apple Silicon, Apple Intelligence handles polish by default. Echo Flow AI is the default on macOS 15. Intel Macs fall back to rule-based polishing automatically. Switch any time in Settings.

Echo Flow Speech Engine

Transcription uses the bundled speech engine on Apple Neural Engine. Also 100% on-device. Switch to Apple’s built-in recognizer any time.

It reads the room

Say it once. It lands polite in Mail, casual in Slack, and untouched in your code editor. And you see it before it pastes.

Smart Context

You don't pick a tone. Echo Flow detects the app you're in and writes for it. Mail becomes a professional email. Slack stays casual and short. Code stays verbatim, no polish. Notes get structured bullets. Override once. It remembers.

  • Auto-detects 30+ apps and maps the right tone
  • Remembers your per-app preferences
  • Shows context indicator in the recording overlay

Rewrite Palette

Fix a rough draft without leaving the app you wrote it in. Select any text, press ⌥⇧Space, then pick your action: Fix Writing, Make It Shorter, Smooth Out, Sound Pro, Sound Friendly, Sound Confident, Bullet Points, Key Takeaways, or Keep Original. No copy-pasting into ChatGPT. No browser tabs.

  • Works on selected text in any app
  • 9 practical actions plus your own styles
  • Powered by Echo Flow AI locally after setup

Review before it lands

Enable Preview Before Paste and see your polished text in a frosted-glass popup before it goes anywhere. Return to paste. E to edit. Esc to discard. Plus subtle start and stop chimes that respect your system sound settings.

  • Preview popup with Paste / Edit / Discard
  • No auto-paste timer. You choose.
  • Ascending chime on start, descending on stop
New: Clinical Note mode

A structured note, straight from your summary

After a session, press ⌥⌘N, speak your 2–10 minute summary, and Echo Flow organizes it into a SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, Progress, or Intake note (or a template you design for your practice). Everything runs on-device, and you review every note before it lands.

Built for your field

Works with whatever practice system you already use. Just focus the text field. No integration. No API.

Organized, not invented

Echo Flow sorts what you said into the right sections and leaves out what you skipped. It never writes the note for you. You review it, then paste.

PHI stays local

No cloud speech or cloud AI. Recordings are deleted as soon as they're transcribed; only the raw transcript is stored, on your Mac, for a retention period you choose.

Works where you work

Dictate or rewrite. Same flow across every app.

Emails that send as-is

Speak your intent; get clear, professional copy in Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail.

Slack & Teams replies

Talk it out. Get back a reply that sounds like you. Tighten a draft if you need to.

Notes and docs

Notion, Notes, any editor. Spoken thoughts become structured notes.

Chat with AI

Speak into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI chat. Polished prompts and follow-ups, no typing.

Code comments & docs

Smart Context switches to verbatim mode so code stays code, comments become docs.

Social & posts

Tweets, LinkedIn posts, captions. Speak and get clean copy back.

Meeting notes

Capture action items in real time. Rewrite into Bullet Points or Key Takeaways.

Search & forms

Speak into search bars, contact forms, any field. Clear text in, no fumbling.

Searchable history.

Find the thing you said last month. Every transcription is saved with word counts, timestamps, and polish tracking. Search your archive, copy text, or refine any entry again.

  • Full transcription archive with search
  • Word counts and timestamps for every entry
  • Copy, open, or refine again with one click

Fine-grained control.

Shape how Echo Flow understands and writes for you. Choose your default tone, set conciseness level, protect words from alteration, and build a custom vocabulary.

  • Adjustable tone and conciseness
  • Protected words that never change
  • Custom vocabulary for consistent phrasing

Your writing stays on your Mac.

Your dictated audio, transcripts, and rewritten text stay on your Mac. Operational network calls are limited to setup downloads, updates, licensing, purchase redirects, and optional email signup.

  • On-device speech recognition via Apple
  • Echo Flow AI runs locally after setup
  • No cloud sync, no app account, no training on your content

Ready in 30 seconds.

Three permissions. One shortcut. Start dictating immediately. No accounts to create, no cloud to configure, no tutorials to watch.

  • Grant microphone and accessibility access
  • Confirm your shortcut (⌥ + Space)
  • Start dictating in any app

Simple, honest pricing

14-day free trial for private dictation. One-time purchase for lifetime dictation access. The rewrite palette remains available after trial. Everything runs on-device.

Introductory Offer
$139.99
$69.99

One-time payment · Lifetime access · Earlybird price

  • Context-aware voice dictation: adapts tone per app
  • Rewrite Palette: 9 practical actions, available even after trial expiry
  • Preview Before Paste + audio feedback chimes
  • Your voice, transcripts, and rewritten text stay on your Mac
  • Echo Flow AI setup download included
  • Free updates for life
Buy Lifetime License

Try dictation free for 14 days. Rewrite palette stays available. License key by email.
Earlybird offer: first 500 users.

Three years of a $15/month dictation subscription: $540.

Echo Flow: $69.99 once. There is no month 13 invoice.

No renewal date. No annual price increase. Nothing to cancel. See the three-year math →

Questions & answers

How does Echo Flow work?
Dictate: hold ⌥ + Space, speak naturally, then release. Your words are transcribed on-device, polished with context-aware tone, and pasted right where your cursor is. Rewrite: select any text and press ⌥⇧Space to open the rewrite palette for cleanup, clarity, email, Slack replies, action items, recaps, verbatim preservation, and plain English.
What is Smart Context?
Echo Flow detects which app you're in and automatically selects the best tone. Mail → professional emails. Slack → casual and concise. Code editors → verbatim, no polish. Notes → structured and bullet-friendly. You can override per app, it remembers your preference.
What is the Rewrite Palette?
Select any text in any app and press ⌥⇧Space. Nine practical actions: Fix Writing (grammar and punctuation), Make It Shorter (cut filler), Smooth Out (flowing sentences), Sound Pro (work-ready tone), Sound Friendly (conversational), Sound Confident (less hedging), Bullet Points, Key Takeaways, and Keep Original (exact wording). It remains available after the dictation trial ends.
What is Clinical Note mode?
Press ⌥⌘N, speak a 2–10 minute post-session summary, and Echo Flow organizes it into a structured note: SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, Progress, Intake, or a template you create. It works with any web-based practice-management system. Focus the text field you already use, then paste after review. Sections you don't cover are omitted. Echo Flow never writes clinical content for you. Audio is deleted after transcription; only the raw transcript stays on your Mac.
Is my voice data private?
Yes. Your dictated audio, transcripts, and rewritten text stay on your Mac and are not uploaded for polishing. Echo Flow may contact servers for setup downloads, update checks, licensing, purchase redirects, and optional email signup. Not to process your writing. Clinical Note recordings are deleted as soon as they're transcribed.
Does it work offline?
After setup, dictation and rewrite processing are designed to run locally. Some operational features still need the internet: the one-time Echo Flow AI setup download, update checks, license validation, purchase redirects, and optional email signup.
Which apps does it work with?
Anywhere you can type. Gmail, Slack, Notion, VS Code, Messages, Word, Apple Mail, Notes, doesn't matter. Echo Flow pastes wherever your cursor is focused. The rewrite feature works on selected text in any app.
What Mac do I need?
macOS 15 or later on an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer). Echo Flow AI requires a one-time setup download, then runs locally on your Mac.
Is there a subscription?
No. Echo Flow gives you a free 14-day trial for dictation, then a one-time purchase for lifetime dictation access with free updates. The rewrite palette remains available after trial expiry, so the app stays useful even before you buy. Earlybird: $69.99. After the first 500 users: $139.99. There's no renewal date, no per-minute meter, no annual price increase, and nothing to cancel.

Say it once. Ship it polished

Free 14-day trial. No account, no cloud, no subscription to cancel. Your voice never leaves your Mac.