Voice dictation for Mac · pay once

Talk.It’s already typed.

Hold one key, say it, let go. Reeve writes it where your cursor is, cleaned up and shaped for the app you’re in. $19 once, no subscription. Your AI usage is billed by the provider you choose, usually a dollar or two a month.

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One paymentYour own AI keyTypes where your cursor ismacOS 14+, Apple Silicon

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How it started

We were tired of copy‑paste.

Our team dictated everything into an AI chat, because it understood us better than the built‑in dictation. Then came the same five steps, every single time.

  1. Open the chat tab and talk
  2. Wait for it to clean up your words
  3. Select the answer and copy it
  4. Switch to the app you were actually in, paste
  5. Delete the “Sure! Here’s…” and the stray asterisks

New chat
so the client call moved to thursday at two um bring the q3 numbers
Sure! Here’s a cleaned‑up version: **The client call has moved to Thursday at 2 PM.** Please bring the Q3 numbers.
Mail · Re: Thursday
To: Anna Holm
Sure! Here’s a cleaned‑up version: **The client call has moved to Thursday at 2 PM.** Please bring the Q3 numbers.
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So we built one key

Hold. Talk. Let go.

Reeve listens while you hold the key. When you let go, the finished text appears right where you were typing. The ums drop out, the commas show up, and there is nothing to copy.

fnHold to talk
Mail · Re: Thursday
To: Anna Holm
The client call has moved to Thursday at 2. Please bring the Q3 numbers.

It knows where you are

One sentence, written three ways.

we shipped it today it took eleven weeks and honestly the lesson is that scope is a choice

Reeve checks which app and window you’re in before it writes a word. You can change the rules for any app.

TerminalSlackLinkedIn
ghostty · zsh
$ Shipped it today after eleven weeks. Lesson: scope is a choice.
shipped it today! eleven weeks, and honestly the lesson is that scope is a choice
We shipped it today. It took eleven weeks. The lesson I keep coming back to: scope is a choice.

Pay for your words, not a plan

No subscription. Ever.

Every dictation app we tried charged a monthly fee, whether we said ten words or ten thousand. Underneath, they all pay an AI service by the second. Reeve lets you plug in your own key and pay that service directly, at their price. We add nothing on top.

A fifteen‑second dictation costs about $0.0014. Fifty a day, every working day, comes to roughly $1.50 a month.

Month 24

Typical dictation subscription, $15/month$360
Reeve, $19 once + your own usage$55

You’ve kept $305.

Usage at fifty dictations a day. Talk less, pay less.

Six months in the making

Built for ourselves. Tested every working day.

We’ve spent the last half year building Reeve and using it for real work: emails, code, client notes, long rambling voice memos. These are the things that came out of it.

Rewrite

Mark it, then say what to change

Mark a paragraph, hold the key, say “make this half as long.” Reeve rewrites what you selected.

Long dictations

Talk for five minutes

Audio is sent in slices while you’re still talking, so a long dictation arrives seconds after you stop.

Learning

Remembers how you fixed it

Client names, product names, in‑house jargon. Fix a word once and Reeve keeps your version next time.

Headphones

Switch mics mid‑sentence

Put your AirPods in while you talk. Reeve keeps recording on the new mic and your music keeps sounding like music.

Safety net

Nothing gets lost

Every result also goes to your clipboard, so a window that steals focus can’t eat what you just said.

Languages

Danish, English, or both at once

Say “Thursday at two… no, three” and the page says three.

Price

$19once

One payment, no renewal date to forget about. Your AI usage is billed by the provider you choose, at their price.

  • Types into whatever you have open
  • Edit selected text by voice
  • Your names, your terms, your rules per app
  • Every future update
  • No account to create. Use it on two Macs.

Switching over

Already paying for a dictation app? Reeve can cost you $9.

Buy Reeve, then reply to your receipt with a screenshot of your old plan. We send money back, less the card fee. How it works.

Paid 1–5 months
$5 back · Reeve costs $14
Paid 6 months or more
$10 back · Reeve costs $9
Buy Reeve for Mac · $19 Setup guide

macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon. The download and your licence key appear right after payment. Windows is in progress.

What does “your own key” mean?

You create a key with an AI provider (OpenAI or ElevenLabs today) and paste it into Reeve once. The provider bills you for what you dictate, usually a dollar or two a month. Reeve never sits in the middle of that bill.

Where does my voice go?

From your Mac straight to the provider you picked, under your own key. Reeve keeps the audio only for the length of one dictation and stores no recordings. No Reeve server ever sees your voice or your text. The privacy page has the details.

Which apps does it work with?

Mail, Slack, docs, the browser, code editors and the terminal. If a field refuses text, the result is still on your clipboard.

Can I use it on more than one Mac?

Yes, on two Macs at a time. Deactivate one in Reeve’s Settings to move it to a third.

How does the switching discount work?

It’s for paid dictation apps only. After buying, reply to your Stripe receipt with a screenshot or invoice showing your plan and how long you’ve had it. We refund $5 or $10 depending on how long you paid, minus the card processing fee.