The recording interface of ShoutFlow sits around the MacBook notch, providing a real-time transcription while the user talks; the finalized text is placed at the cursor in any application.
This new menu-bar application transforms spoken words into polished, properly formatted text across any Mac program for a flat fee of $25. No recurring payments are needed, and audio processing occurs directly on the Mac.
Dictation services have moved toward monthly charges of fifteen dollars that send voice recordings to the internet. ShoutFlow works the other way: a single purchase, full ownership, and the choice to keep audio on your Mac”— Lewis Cookson, co-founder of ShoutFlowLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Recurse LTD has officially launched ShoutFlow, an AI dictation application for the Mac that
turns speech into clean, ready-to-send text inside any program — available for a one-time payment of $25
instead of a recurring monthly fee.
Voice input has quietly emerged as one of the quickest methods of writing: most individuals speak at roughly three times
the speed they can type. However, the leading dictation tools for Mac currently charge $10–$15 each month and send
recordings through their own cloud infrastructure. ShoutFlow was created on a completely different idea. It is a
single purchase, and by factory setting it handles audio processing on the Mac itself, employing speech models that run
locally on Apple Silicon — so when operating in local mode, a person’s voice never leaves their device.
ShoutFlow operates from the menu bar. Users activate a hotkey, begin speaking, and see a live preview of their
words inside a compact recording panel that fits neatly around the MacBook notch or can be positioned
anywhere on the display. Upon finishing, ShoutFlow transcribes the audio, removes filler words, corrects
punctuation and formatting, and places the completed text directly at the cursor — inside Mail, Slack,
Safari, a code editor, or any other program.
“Dictation services have moved toward monthly charges of fifteen dollars that send voice recordings to the
cloud,” stated Lewis Cookson, founder of ShoutFlow. “ShoutFlow works the other way: a single purchase, full ownership, and
the choice to keep audio on your Mac.”
Primary features at launch:
– Operates across the entire system: dictate within any macOS application, with text automatically placed at the cursor
and a clipboard backup option.
– Device-based by default: transcription and text cleanup run locally on Apple Silicon; in local
mode, no audio is sent to any server.
– Live preview: watch words appear while you talk, shown in an interface built around the MacBook notch.
– Customization: a personal dictionary for names and specialized terms, reusable text shortcuts, and per-application tones
so a Slack message comes across differently than a formal email.
– Dictation history: every recording is saved locally and can be retrieved for later use.
– Optional bring-your-own-cloud mode: users who want cloud-based models can connect their own
OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Kimi, or xAI account. Keys are stored in the macOS
Keychain and audio travels directly from the Mac to the chosen provider — never through ShoutFlow’s
servers.
ShoutFlow is priced at $25 as a one-time purchase, and a single license covers two Macs. There is no
subscription and no account needed to test it: a seven-day free trial starts with one click and
does not request credit card details. The application is a signed, notarized direct download from
https://shoutflow.ai and requires macOS 14 or later on an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer).
This launch positions ShoutFlow against a market that has shifted toward subscription-based pricing.
Over three years, a $12-per-month dictation subscription costs more than seventeen times
ShoutFlow’s one-time price. For writers, developers, founders, and anyone who handles a large
volume of email, ShoutFlow aims to make speech the primary method of writing on the Mac — without a
recurring fee and without sending recordings to an outside party.
ShoutFlow is available now at https://shoutflow.ai.
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