Local by default
Microphone and accessibility permissions, an on-device Whisper model — nothing about your dictation leaves the Mac.
Dictate privately. Keep your voice on your Mac.
Murmur turns speech into text locally on your Mac. It works offline, avoids cloud dependency, and gives you a ready-to-use dictation app without another monthly subscription.
No payment today£29 lifetime offerStandard price will be £49
Offline ready
Speak softly.
Murmur writes.
Preview transcript
Click record to preview Murmur’s promise: private Mac dictation that works locally and offline.
Click record to preview Murmur’s promise: private Mac dictation that works locally and offline.
The actual Murmur interface.
No mockups here — this is the real app, running locally on macOS.
How Murmur works.
A simple three-step flow. This section is ready for final wording once the app workflow is locked.
1
Press record
Speak naturally into your Mac. Murmur is designed to feel like a small utility, not a complicated recording studio.
2
Transcribe locally
Murmur turns speech into text on your Mac, with an offline-first workflow designed around privacy.
3
Copy or clean up
Use the text in notes, emails, prompts, reports, journal entries, or drafts.
Built around privacy, not added as an afterthought.
Murmur should make privacy visible without making the product feel technical or intimidating.
Your words should stay close.
Murmur is designed around local speech-to-text on your Mac. The goal is simple: help you dictate without depending on a cloud service for everyday notes, drafts, prompts, and writing.
Local-first transcription workflow
Works offline where local transcription is available
No monthly subscription for a daily utility
Clear wording before launch about any feature that depends on Apple services or local model availability
Who Murmur is for.
Murmur is for people who talk through their work and want the words to stay on their Mac.
Notes and drafts
Capture thoughts quickly before editing them into something cleaner.
Emails and messages
Speak the rough version first, then copy or polish it.
Prompts and ideas
Think out loud before pasting into another tool.
Typing fatigue
Use speech-to-text when typing slows you down.
Made for thoughts that should stay close.
Use Murmur for notes, emails, prompts, reports, journal entries, and rough drafts without routing every word through a cloud tool.
Your voice stays on your Mac
Built around local transcription and a privacy-first workflow, so spoken words and drafts stay on the device.
Privacy is the product, not a settings toggle.
Works offline
Dictate even when the internet is unavailable or when the content should stay local.
No subscription
Early supporters get first access to a £29 lifetime offer before the standard price increases to £49.
Open-source privacy, ready-to-use Mac experience.
Free local tools are powerful, but not everyone wants command-line setup, model management, or troubleshooting. Murmur packages the local-first idea into a focused Mac app.
Not the cloudiest tool. The quiet one.
Murmur is honest about what it is: private offline dictation for Mac users who want a simple utility, not a full cloud AI workspace.
If you need cloud workflows...
Meeting bots, team admin, connected AI assistants, and heavy integrations may be better served by subscription tools.
- Great for teams and connected workflows.
- Usually paid monthly or annually.
- May be more than needed for simple dictation.
If you want local dictation...
Murmur focuses on the opposite trade-off: less cloud dependency, more ownership, and a Mac app that works out of the box.
- Private by default.
- Offline-first value.
- One-time lifetime pricing.
Early access details.
Keep the offer clear so people understand what they are joining before they leave an email.
System requirements
Exact requirements will be confirmed before early access opens.
- Built for macOS.
- Supported macOS versions will be listed before payment opens.
- Apple Silicon support and Intel support will be clarified before launch.
What early access includes
The £29 offer is cheaper because early supporters receive the early version of Murmur before the public launch.
- Access to the early Murmur Mac app after purchase.
- Lifetime access to Murmur for early supporters.
- Standard lifetime price planned to increase to £49 after launch.
- Update policy will be explained clearly before payment opens.
Product note
Why Murmur exists.
I wanted a simple Mac dictation app that did not depend on a cloud service or another monthly subscription. Murmur is being built for people who want speech-to-text to feel private, local, and easy to use.
The goal is not to make the loudest AI tool. The goal is to make a quiet Mac utility that helps people get words out of their head and into text.
Join the £29 early access list.
No payment today. Join the list and get first access to the £29 lifetime offer before the standard price increases to £49.
£29 lifetime
Early supporters will get the chance to buy Murmur lifetime access before public launch. Payment is only taken once early access opens.
Private offline speech-to-text for Mac
Local transcription workflow
Grammar cleanup workflow
No subscription
Lifetime use after purchase
No payment is taken when joining the list.
Be first to know.
Leave your email and Murmur will send the early access link when the app is ready. Early supporters receive the £29 lifetime offer first.
What happens next?
When Murmur early access opens, people on the list receive a secure £29 payment link. After purchase, the Mac app download and lifetime licence details are sent by email.
When Murmur early access opens, people on the list receive a secure £29 payment link. After purchase, the Mac app download and lifetime licence details are sent by email.
Clear answers.
A quiet product should have quiet, direct answers. No exaggerated claims. No confusing payment flow.
Murmur is positioned around local and offline speech-to-text. Any feature that depends on Apple services or Apple Intelligence availability should be explained clearly in the final release notes.
No. This page is for joining the early access list. Payment happens later when the early access purchase link is sent.
When early access opens, people on the list receive a secure payment link. After purchase, customers receive the Mac app download and lifetime licence details by email.
Murmur is for Mac users who want private dictation without cloud dependency, monthly pricing, or open-source setup work.
Privacy and terms, clearly shown.
The full privacy and terms pages are linked below, with the key early-access points shown directly on this landing page.
Privacy summary
Murmur is being built around private, local-first dictation on Mac. The early access form only asks for the details needed to contact interested people about Murmur.
- Early access signup collects the information submitted in the form.
- Final technical privacy details will be explained before payment opens.
- Questions can be sent to hello@murmurmac.com.
Terms summary
Joining the early access list does not take payment. The £29 early supporter offer is intended to provide access to the early Murmur Mac app and lifetime access after purchase.
- Payment happens later through a secure payment link.
- Supported macOS versions and update policy will be confirmed before checkout.
- Full licence and refund terms should be published before payment opens.