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Your voice. Your Mac. Nothing else.

AirType now runs Qwen ASR locally through MLX on Apple Silicon. No API key, no audio uploads — just private, fast voice-to-text at your cursor.

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  • 100% Local
  • No API Key
  • Voice Stays on Your Mac
  1. 01 · INPUT Your voice
  2. 02 · MODEL Qwen ASR
  3. 03 · ENGINE MLX on Apple Silicon
  4. 04 · OUTPUT Text at your cursor

Local by default

Transcription can run completely on your Mac.

MLX accelerated

Built to use Apple Silicon efficiently.

Private by design

In local mode, your voice is never uploaded.

Getting started

Three things. Two minutes.

1

Choose your engine

Local Qwen or a cloud provider

2

Pick a shortcut

Default: ⌥ + Space

3

Talk

Text appears at your cursor

Local Qwen needs no account or API key. Cloud providers remain available with your own keys.

Your choice

Local first. Cloud optional.

Choose the transcription path that fits your workflow. Local Qwen is private and key-free; cloud engines remain one click away.

RECOMMENDED

Local

Qwen ASR via MLX

Runs on Apple Silicon. Your voice stays on your device.

No API key

Cloud · Bring your own key

  • OpenAI Whisper
  • ElevenLabs Scribe
  • Mistral Voxtral

Try it out.

AirType is young software. We're building it in the open and improving it every week. Download it, use it, and tell us what's broken or what's missing.

Download for macOS

Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later