OrateMe

OrateMe listens through Gemini instead of a transcription model, so it works with the language mix you actually speak. It handles English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil and around 90 more, and it stays with you when you switch language mid-sentence. That's the core difference from Whisper-based tools, which tend to flatten non-English speech into guesses.

Because a real language model is on the other end, you can tell OrateMe what to do with your words. Ask it to fix grammar, strip the filler words, format a list as bullets, handle dictated punctuation or translate a line as you speak. These are rules that follow through, not keywords that only sometimes register.

The app lives in the menubar and types into whatever text field is focused, whether that's Slack, Mail, Notion, Obsidian or a terminal. There's no browser extension and no per-app setup, so one app covers every place you write on the Mac and removes the copy-paste step between tools.

Recording starts only while you hold the right Option key and stops when you release it, so nothing is always listening in the background. It's a small choice, but it matters if you work near other people or worry about a mic that never turns off.

You can add names, brands and jargon to a custom list, and OrateMe spells them correctly every time. For people who dictate code, product names or company terms, that turns a recurring correction into a one-time setup.

The app keeps a local history of your recordings, so you can browse, replay and copy past transcriptions without hunting through documents. Everything stays on your machine, which fits the app's bring-your-own-key stance.