Source: https://saypad.app/why-i-made-saypad

# Why I made Saypad
I talk to AI tools all day, and typing long prompts became the slowest part of my work. Apple's dictation kept mangling names. Wispr Flow had the gesture I liked, hold a key and talk, but it sends your voice to the cloud and the free plan stops at 2,000 words a week. So I built the version I wanted.

## What it does

Hold fn, or right ⌘ if your 🌐 key is busy. Speak, then let go. The text appears wherever your cursor is: Slack, Mail, Notes, ChatGPT, Google Docs, Telegram. Double-tap the key if you want to keep talking without holding it.

Speech is recognized on your Mac with Whisper, and the audio never leaves it. A small model comes inside the installer, so the first dictation works a minute after you install it, even offline. A more accurate model downloads in the background over Wi-Fi.

## Things I cared about

Nothing gets lost. Every dictation is saved with its audio, so if a paste fails or a word comes out wrong you can replay it, copy it again or run it through recognition once more. Saypad also reads the text field back after pasting and tells you when the text didn't land.

It types what you said. You get punctuation and capitals, but no AI rewriting of your sentences. Names and jargon go into a vocabulary list so they stop turning into ordinary words.

There's no account and no word counter. On my M4 Pro a 7.6-second sentence shows up about 1.2 seconds after I let go of the key.

## What it doesn't do yet

Saypad needs a Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later. There's no iPhone or Windows version. I've tested English and Russian the most, though Whisper understands many more languages.

It's new, so I'd like to hear where it breaks for you: hello@saypad.app.

## Questions

**Why is Saypad free?**
Recognition runs on your Mac, so there's no server bill per word and nothing to meter. There's no paid tier and no word limit.

**What's the difference between Saypad and FnFlow?**
None inside: it's the same app published under two names. FnFlow's site talks to developers, Saypad's to everyone else.