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Write faster on your Mac. Just say it.

Hold a key, talk, let go. Your words land in any app, in English, Spanish, German, Arabic or any of 50+ languages. And tools like clipboard history save you even more typing.

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Requires a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later. Free during the beta.

How it works

As simple as a walkie-talkie.

No window to open, no button to find. LonoText lives in your menu bar.

1

Hold a key

fn for English, Right ⌥ for your second language. Add a key for each language you speak, and pick your own keys.

LonoText listening, with a live level meter and the language: Arabic.

2

Speak naturally

Talk the way you talk, in whichever of your languages you like.

LonoText transcribing. The text, typed: Arabic, with the English words in English letters.

3

Let go

The text appears where your cursor is, in about a second.

Keys and Actions

A key for every language. An Action for every edit.

Hold a key to dictate in its language. Select text and run an Action to rewrite it the way you told it to.

Hold a key to speak.

German, Spanish, French, Turkish, Japanese, Hindi and many more, each on its own key, so a short phrase is never mistaken for another language.

  • On this Mac. Many languages, like English, Spanish, German and French, are transcribed right on your Mac.

  • LonoText Cloud. The rest come back from the cloud in about a second.

Your Keys in LonoText: fn, English, On this Mac. Right Option, Arabic, LonoText Cloud.
New

Select text. Run an Action.

Each Action is an instruction you write, like “Translate to natural English” or “Rewrite this as a polite, formal message”. Select text in any app, press ⌃⌥K and pick one, and LonoText rewrites it right there. ⌘Z brings the original back.

  • To English⌃⌥E
  • Formal⌃⌥F
  • Fix spelling and grammar⌃⌥K3

Give the ones you use most their own shortcut. 100 Actions a month on Free, 1,000 on Pro.

Made for the languages you speak.

A key for each language, names spelled your way, and it works in every app you type in.

Auto-detect

Not sure which key to press? Auto-detect works out which of your languages you're speaking.

Works in every app

Mail, WhatsApp, Slack, Notes, your code editor: anywhere you can type.

More than 50 languages

Arabic, English, Spanish, German, French, Turkish, Japanese, Hindi and many more.

About a second

Let go of the key and your words are there, right where your cursor is.

Your words, spelled your way

Add names, products and terms once, like “Android Studio”, and they're written exactly like that.

Private by design

It listens only while you hold the key. Nothing you say is stored: not the audio, not the text.

New · Clipboard history

Everything you copy, one shortcut away, and on your phone.

Copy a few things, then press ⇧⌘V and pick what to paste. It stays on your Mac, and skips what password managers mark as private. With clipboard sync on, what you copy also reaches your Android phone, end-to-end encrypted.

LonoText's clipboard list: a search field, two pinned and six recent copies numbered 1 to 8, and the highlighted copy shown in full.
  • ⇧⌘VOpen the list
  • 1to9Paste a copy
  • ⌘PPin to the top

Plans

Start free. Upgrade when LonoText becomes part of your day.

Payments aren't open yet. During the beta, LonoText is free for everyone.

Questions

Which Mac computers does it work on?

Mac computers with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 26 or later.

Is it really free?

Yes, during the beta. Paid plans come later, and beta testers will hear about them first.

Is my voice stored?

No. Many languages are transcribed right on your Mac; Settings shows which. The others go over an encrypted connection to LonoText Cloud to be turned into text, and LonoText keeps neither the audio nor the text.

Does LonoText keep what I copy?

Only if you turn on clipboard history in Settings › Clipboard. Then it keeps your last 50 copied texts on your Mac, and skips what password managers mark as private. Turning it off deletes them. With clipboard sync on, what you copy also goes to your paired Android phone, end-to-end encrypted: LonoText's servers can't read it, and keep an undelivered copy sealed for up to 24 hours.

Does it work on Android?

Yes. Copy on your Mac, paste on your phone, and send text back in one tap. Get the Android app on Google Play. It needs Android 12 or newer, and it pairs with LonoText for Mac. More about the Android app ›

How do I connect my phone?

On your Mac, open Settings › Clipboard and choose Add Phone. Then open LonoText on your phone and scan the code. No account and no email are needed.

Which languages does it understand?

More than 50, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Arabic.

How do I get help?

Email support@lonotext.com. If it's about the app, include your Support ID: in LonoText, open Settings › Account and copy it.

Try it on your Mac.

Free during the beta. Setup takes two minutes.

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