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SnailText is a desktop voice dictation app for Mac and Windows that turns speech into text in any application — code editor, Slack, browser, email, terminal. Press the global hotkey, speak, and the text appears at your cursor in the active app. No browser extension. No per-app integration. One hotkey, every text field. What makes SnailText different from cloud-based dictation tools is that all speech recognition happens on the user's device. Audio is processed locally and never uploaded to a server. This makes SnailText suitable for professional contexts where source code, customer data, internal architecture, NDA-bound material, or sensitive communications cannot be sent to third-party clouds. Built for knowledge workers: developers dictating commit messages, PR descriptions, and Slack threads; product managers writing status updates and meeting notes; writers drafting at speaking speed; vibe-coders speaking prompts to AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot. Key features: • System-wide hotkey dictation — works in every text field across all apps • 100+ languages supported, with high accuracy on technical vocabulary • Custom dictionary for product names, jargon, and proper nouns • Voice-triggered snippets for repeated text (email signatures, standup templates, etc.) • GPU-accelerated for sub-second latency • Offline mode — works without internet connectivity • Searchable history of past transcriptions Pricing: free tier with unlimited use on the smaller models (no account, no card, no time limit). Pro subscription at $7.49/month or $89/year covers up to 3 devices per plan — fairer for individuals running multiple machines than per-seat licensing. 30-day money-back guarantee. SnailText is native Mac (Apple Silicon) and Windows (x64).

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