Speak.
It's written.

Hold a key, talk naturally, and Sotto writes it for you, cleaned up and in your style, in any app on your Mac.

Free · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · v1.0.0 · Not sure which? Apple menu → About This Mac → Chip

Sotto setting up your talk key, next to a Messages window

Talk at the speed you think.

Most people speak about four times faster than they type. Sotto turns that into finished text, wherever your cursor is.

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Hold fn and talk

Let go and your words appear, punctuated and cleaned up. Double-tap fn to keep talking hands-free.

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Text in a blink

Audio streams while you speak, so text lands about 0.2 seconds after you stop.

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Edit with your voice

Select text, hold fn + ⌃ and say “make this friendlier” or “turn it into bullets”.

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Knows where you're typing

Prompts for coding agents, replies in Slack, proper emails in Gmail. Formatted for each.

Claude CodeCodexCursorChatGPTGmailSlack
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Says it how you say it

Your dictionary, snippets and style per app. Fixes “scratch that” and “um” for you.

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Private by design

Run fully on your Mac, or bring your own Groq key. No account. History stays on your Mac.

Install in a minute.

Sotto isn't on the App Store yet, so macOS asks you to confirm the first time you open it.

Drag to Applications

Open the downloaded DMG and drag Sotto into your Applications folder.

Allow it to open

Open Sotto. If macOS says it can't verify the developer, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Hold fn and talk

Grant microphone and accessibility access, pick your engine, and you're dictating.

Tip: if fn opens the emoji picker, set System Settings → Keyboard → “Press 🌐 key to” → Do Nothing.

Stop typing everything.

Free to download. Works with every app you already use.