Guides
Dictation and transcription on a Mac: how to set it up, what's accurate, and how the tools compare. Each guide is based on our own tests.
Dictation
Dictating mixed Chinese and English on a MacWhy Mac dictation turns English words into Chinese characters when you mix languages, which models handle code-switching, and how to dictate both offline.Read →
Text as you speak, or after you let go: which is more accurate?Same model, same 200 recordings: text as you speak had a 10.4% error rate, a second whole-utterance pass 9.8%, and whole-only 13.5%. Method and trade-offs.Read →
Transcription
Transcribe audio to text on a Mac, offlineTranscribe audio and video files on an Apple-silicon Mac without uploading them: formats, speaker labels, TXT and SRT export, mixed Chinese–English accuracy.Read →
Offline speaker diarization on a MacSplit a recording by speaker on your Mac without uploading it: how Vocco's on-device diarization works, what it gets wrong, and how to export the result.Read →
Offline speech to text on a MacSpeech to text on a Mac with no internet: dictation in any app, file transcription with speaker labels, five local engines, and what still goes online.Read →
Comparisons
How Vocco comparesHow Vocco compares with macOS Dictation, Wispr Flow, superwhisper and MacWhisper, quoting each app's own documentation (checked October 2026).Read →
Vocco vs macOS DictationWhen is Apple's built-in dictation enough? Vocco vs macOS Dictation on macOS 27: on-device processing, mixed Chinese–English, file transcription and price.Read →
Vocco vs Wispr FlowVocco vs Wispr Flow, checked against Wispr's docs: cloud vs on-device transcription, mixed Chinese–English, file transcription, platforms and price.Read →
Vocco vs superwhisperVocco vs superwhisper, checked against its docs: price, free tier, local models, mixed Chinese–English, file transcription and speaker labels.Read →
Vocco vs MacWhisperVocco vs MacWhisper, checked against MacWhisper's docs: dictation, file transcription, speaker labels, mixed languages and price, and where each one wins.Read →
Benchmarks
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macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon