The problem
Typing slows you down. Every app switch breaks your focus. By the time you find the right tool, the idea is gone.
Stop typing. Stop switching apps. Just speak.
Transcription works offline
Made in Germany
On-device transcription
Use your own API keys
Privacy switch built-in
macOS
Windows
Why Ownvox
is the slowest way to think.
And most alternatives make things worse.
What others offer
Cloud dictation apps send your voice to remote servers. Built-in OS tools are limited and clunky. Either way, you give up privacy or quality.
With Ownvox
A tool that grows with you: on-device by default, cloud speed where you want it, and your own AI building blocks for the tasks you do every day.
WORKS EVERYWHERE
One voice. Every app.
Ownvox runs system-wide on Mac and Windows. Wherever a text field is blinking (email, browser, editor, notes or team chat), you can dictate. No copy-paste, no plugins.
Thunderbird
Signal
Firefox
VSCodium
Obsidian
Joplin
Terminal
Element
App names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners. See trademark notice.
Where flow breaks
Your mind is faster than your keyboard.
Typing and asking AI both break your flow. Ownvox closes both gaps, right at your cursor.
You already know the sentence, then spend seconds typing, fixing, and switching apps.
Thought in, text at your cursor.
Hotkey, speak, done. Ownvox transcribes on your device and inserts text exactly where you're working, off the cloud by default.
An AI question means browser, chat window, copy, paste back, context gone.
Ask out loud, answer at your cursor.
Voice prompts from any app. The reply lands in your text. Your API key, your model, no window hopping.
Voice Prompt
Talk to AI from any app
Mode 2 up close: selected text is passed along as context automatically, and the answer lands right at your cursor, no copy-paste.
- 01
Press the hotkey
Browser, editor, notes app. One shortcut and Ownvox is listening.
- 02
Speak your prompt
Say what you need. Highlight text first and it is passed along as context automatically.
- 03
Answer at your cursor
The model replies right into your text flow. No window hopping, no interruption.
AI Skills
You speak faster than you can polish.
Skills handle the rest, right at your cursor, no copy-paste.
How it works
One shortcut and the skill runs
Select text, press the hotkey, pick a skill from the radial menu. The AI output replaces your selection right inside the app you are working in. No copy-paste, no tool switching.
The radial menu, live
Hover any wedge to see the skill name. Click one to see the input it expects and the output it produces.
Skill menu
Hover or click a skill
your-app
Hover any skill to preview the input. Click to apply and watch it transform.
This is a static demo. In the real app the output replaces your selection in any text field.
Build your own skills
Start from templates, shape them around your voice, and sort them with drag and drop.
A library that grows with you
All your skills in one place: cleanups, summaries, formatting, or your own prompt chains. Start from templates and shape them around your voice and tasks.
Drag and drop to organize
Arrange skills the way you actually work, frequent ones on top, rarely used below. A quick drag is all it takes for the radial menu to surface the skills you reach for in the flow.
Privacy & Control
Your voice stays on your device. Until you deliberately choose otherwise.
Offline by default, cloud only when you want it. Designed to be GDPR-compliant and made in Germany.
Built for GDPR
Built for EU requirements, transparent processing, DPA on request.
Made in Germany
Developed in Germany.
Privacy switch
One click, all cloud features off. Instantly.
EU infrastructure
Cloud proxy at Hetzner (DE), inference at Scaleway (FR).
Choose per feature
Local is the default. You enable cloud deliberately, or not at all.
Transcription
Local (default)
Local models (Whisper, Parakeet, and others), no internet
Cloud (optional)
Cloud model for fast transcription, even on older hardware
Voice prompts
Local (default)
Your own endpoint (self-hosted or local)
Cloud (optional)
Cloud model, or bring your own API key via OpenRouter
Skills
Local (default)
Your own endpoint (self-hosted or local)
Cloud (optional)
Cloud model, or bring your own API key
Pricing
Full voice productivity. No feature gates. Cancel anytime.
Both plans unlock the same complete product. The only choice is whether you want to start flexibly or lock in the better yearly price.
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Monthly
€8.99/per month
incl. VAT
- Full access, no feature gates
- Dictate hands-free into any app or editor
- Run AI prompts and reusable skills at your cursor
- Mix local and cloud models per feature
- Privacy switch instantly disables cloud
Most Popular
Yearly
Save 21%
€84.99/per year
That's just €7.08/mo · incl. VAT
- Everything in Monthly
- 21% cheaper than paying month by month
- Best fit for daily voice-driven workflows
- Lock in the lower price for a full year
7-day free trial, then the subscription renews automatically at the price shown. Cancel during the trial and you won't be charged; after that, cancel anytime, effective at the end of the billing period. The statutory 14-day right of withdrawal applies. More in the withdrawal policy.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to the questions people ask before they commit.
Last step
You're not slow.Your keyboard is.
One hotkey, one voice, one cursor. Text lands where you're working, instantly.
Start free trial
7 days free, then from €8.99/mo · cancel anytime, effective at period end