Abalone
Polished dictation for Mac
Speak at around 150 words per minute. Abalone cleans up filler words, punctuation, and structure—then puts polished text wherever your cursor is.
Free to use · Fast polish included each month · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon
Speed comparison: typing at 52 words per minute versus speaking at 150 words per minute. Speaking finishes the same message nearly three times faster.
How it works
Abalone walks you through sign-in, the permissions it needs, and the shortcut that feels right for you.
Talk naturally in any app. No need to say “comma,” “new paragraph,” or edit your thought before you say it.
Your words arrive at the cursor with filler removed, punctuation fixed, and structure ready to use.
More than transcription
Polish removes filler words, fixes punctuation, and shapes structure while preserving what you meant. Fast polish is included with Abalone.
Abalone includes fast dictation polish each month. Connect an existing ChatGPT or Claude subscription to keep polishing after included usage and power AI mode—no API key needed.
Fix a name, brand, or technical term once. Abalone quietly remembers the correction and uses it next time. You can add or remove words whenever you like.
Email, chat, code, prompts, notes, and documents. Abalone stays out of the way until you speak, then puts the result in the app already in front of you.
Abalone Agent
Dictation stays the fastest way to get thoughts out. When you need more, ask Abalone to work with what is on screen, shape a plan, or carry a task forward using your connected AI provider.
Agent requires a connected ChatGPT or Claude subscription.
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Try polished dictation free on your Mac.
Download free for MacmacOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon