Hold ⌥ Space, speak, release. Memo transcribes with OpenAI Whisper and pastes into any app — editor, browser, Slack, anywhere.
Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later · Free OpenAI API key
Features
Memo lives in your menu bar. No Dock icon, no window clutter — always available, never in the way.
Press and hold ⌥ Space from any app to start recording. Release to transcribe. Fully customisable in Settings.
Powered by OpenAI’s gpt-4o-mini-transcribe model. Fast, accurate, and multilingual across 18+ languages.
A floating panel lets you review and edit the transcription before it’s pasted. Hit ⌘⏎ to paste or Esc to cancel.
Enable auto-paste in Settings to skip the review panel entirely and paste instantly after transcription.
Your OpenAI API key is stored in the macOS Keychain — never in plain text, never on disk unprotected.
How it works
Download the DMG, drag Memo into Applications, and open it. A microphone icon appears in your menu bar.
Open Memo Settings from the menu bar and paste your OpenAI API key. It’s saved to the Keychain immediately.
Hold the hotkey anywhere on your Mac, dictate, then release. Memo transcribes and pastes the text into the active field.