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Type anywhere with just your voice

Speak naturally and your words appear instantly — in WhatsApp, emails, Telegram, or any app. No internet needed. One-time purchase, no subscription.

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$15

One-time payment

No subscription. Pay once, use forever.

1

Press your shortcut

Hit your configurable keyboard shortcut to start recording.

2

Speak naturally

Katib transcribes your speech in real time, right on your machine.

3

Text appears instantly

Your words are pasted directly into the active app — WhatsApp, email, docs, anywhere.

Use it everywhere

Katib works with any app. Just speak and your text appears.

WhatsApp & Telegram
Reply to messages instantly by voice
Emails
Write long emails in seconds
Documents
Dictate reports, notes, and articles
Any text field
Works wherever you can type

Why Katib?

Dictate messages, emails, and documents at the speed of thought.

No internet needed
Everything runs locally on your computer. Works in airplane mode, on the train, anywhere.
One-time purchase
Pay once, use forever. No subscription, no recurring fees. Yours for life.
Lightning fast
Speak naturally and see your words appear instantly. Perfect for quick messages, long emails, or any text.
Drag & drop audio files
Drop any audio file into Katib and get a full transcription. Meetings, voice memos, interviews — all transcribed.
Completely private
Your voice never leaves your computer. No cloud, no data collection. What you say stays with you.
Post-processing
Refine your transcriptions with AI-powered formatting, punctuation, and text cleanup for polished results.

Pick your model

Choose from a range of transcription models. Download once, use forever — all running locally on your hardware.

Whisper
Small / Medium / Turbo / Large
Speech recognition with GPU acceleration
Parakeet V3
CPU-optimized
Automatic language detection, no GPU needed
Moonshine
Tiny / Small / Medium
Ultra-fast, lightweight English transcription
SenseVoice
Multi-language
Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese
GigaAM v3
Russian
Russian speech recognition
Breeze ASR
Taiwanese Mandarin
Mandarin with code-switching support

Cross-platform

Native performance on every desktop operating system with GPU acceleration support.

macOS
Intel & Apple Silicon
Windows
x64

Ready to type with your voice?

Try Katib free for 7 days. Then just $15 — one-time, forever.

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