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Mac

Download the app, open the .dmg and move Voice Monkeys to Applications. On first launch it asks for access to the Microphone and to Accessibility (to paste the text) and downloads the speech model once (about 600 MB).

  • Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) or with Intel
  • macOS 14 Sonoma or later (Intel: macOS 11 or later)
  • About 600 MB for the speech model
  • Intel Mac: 8 GB of memory recommended

Voice Monkeys is notarized by Apple. If macOS still refuses, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click “Open Anyway”.

Windows and Linux

Windows: run the .exe installer. Linux: run the AppImage or install the .deb package (Ubuntu, Debian). On first launch the app downloads the speech model once (about 640 MB); then sign in with the email you bought the license with.

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
  • 64-bit Linux: AppImage, or .deb for Ubuntu and Debian
  • About 640 MB for the speech model

Windows may warn because the installer is new; click More info → Run anyway.

On Linux, use an X11 (Xorg) session: under Wayland, global hotkeys and automatic pasting are blocked.

How to check: Apple menu (top left) → About This Mac. “Chip: Apple M…” means Apple Silicon, “Processor: Intel…” means Intel.

Intel Mac? It works offline too: the same $25 once, the same 7-day free trial.

Mac

Hold the right Option key, speak and let go: the text appears where your cursor is. A quick tap starts hands-free dictation until the next tap. Esc cancels. In the app's settings you can choose the right Command key or Fn instead.

Windows and Linux

The same with the right Alt key (AltGr): hold it to dictate, tap it once for hands-free, tap again to finish. Esc cancels. In the app's settings you can pick another key or a combination.

Mac

One payment of $25: a lifetime license for one Mac, with every update of version 1. The first 7 days are free, no card needed. The key comes by email, and you can also find it in your account.

The trial needs no card. After 7 days, dictation pauses until you enter a license key; your settings and history stay.

Windows and Linux

One payment of $25: a lifetime license for one computer, with every update of version 1. Sign in to the app with the email you bought it with. Refund within 14 days.

Subscriptions are no longer sold. If you subscribed earlier, it works until the end of the period you paid for; manage it in your account.

One license = one computer, any system: Mac, Windows or Linux. Need more? Buy as many as you need, at once or later: they all show up in your account.

Can I move a license to another computer?

A license stays on the computer it was first used on. Replaced a broken computer? Write to us and we move the license for you. For an additional computer, buy another license in your account.

Can I get my money back?

Yes, within 14 days of purchase. No questions asked: just write to support. Details are in the refund policy.

Mac

Speech is recognized on the Mac itself, on its Neural Engine: your audio and the dictated text never leave the computer, and dictation works offline. The internet is used to download the speech model, to check the license or trial, for app updates and for crash reports, which contain no audio and no text.

Windows and Linux

Speech is recognized on the computer itself: your audio and the dictated text never leave it, and dictation works offline. The internet is used to download the speech model, to check the license, for app updates and for crash reports, which contain no audio and no text.

Only for people who subscribed earlier, until the end of the period they paid for: audio goes over an encrypted connection to our server in Germany, becomes text in memory and is discarded; we store neither audio nor text.

Privacy

Didn't find an answer? support@voicemonkeys.com