HEY. CLANKER. OVER THERE.
Voice dictation for macOS that types into an app you're not using. Hold a key, speak, release — the text lands in your target app. Your focus never moves.
Type into the app behind the app.
Other voice-to-text tools steal focus to type. HeyClanker doesn't. Game on one monitor, dictate into a terminal on the other. Write into Discord while Logic keeps playing. Your active window never changes. No alt-tab. No window dance.
Your voice never leaves your Mac.
Transcription runs locally via WhisperKit. Apple Intelligence handles cleanup. No cloud round-trips. No accounts. No telemetry. Bring your own API key only if you want to swap in something else.
Every hotkey. Every target. Every trigger.
Map multiple hotkeys to different target apps. Define trigger words that fire key combos or inject text. Pre- and post-speech automation lets you wire up real workflows, not just one-shot dictations.
Because nobody pays for a clanker.
Free forever. No accounts. No subscriptions. Just a small download, a handful of permissions, and a hotkey.
get the clanker.
requires microphone and accessibility permission.