On device · iOS keyboard + macOS app

Dictate anywhere.
Kept on your device.

Parlo is a private voice keyboard for iPhone and a hotkey dictation app for Mac. Speak in any app and clean text appears right at your cursor, transcribed entirely on your device.

Private transcription with Apple SpeechAnalyzer. Your speech is processed on your device, never sent to a server.

01 / How it works

Two ways to speak.
One private engine.

iOS

The Parlo keyboard

Dictate in any app, without handing your keyboard to the cloud.

  1. 1

    Switch to Parlo

    Tap the globe and pick the Parlo keyboard in any text field.

  2. 2

    Tap & speak

    Hold the mic and talk normally. Parlo transcribes as you go.

  3. 3

    Clean text inserts

    Your tidied words drop in right where you were typing.

macOS

Hotkey dictation

A menu bar app that types for you in whatever has focus.

  1. 1

    Press your hotkey

    One global shortcut, from any app: Mail, Slack, your editor.

  2. 2

    Speak

    Say what you mean. Parlo listens and transcribes on your device.

  3. 3

    Inserted at your cursor

    Cleaned text is placed exactly where your cursor sits, via Accessibility.

02 / Why private

Private by design,
not by promise.

Most dictation tools stream your voice to a server. Parlo doesn't. Transcription and cleanup run on your iPhone or Mac using Apple's on device SpeechAnalyzer, and your speech is processed on your device, not sent to a server.

  • Processed on your deviceYour voice is transcribed locally. The first run may download Apple's on device model.
  • Your words, just tidierCleanup removes filler and false starts while keeping what you actually said.
  • Private history on the roadmapEncrypted iCloud sync to carry history across iPhone and Mac, only ever your devices.

03 / Features

Everything you say,
nothing you didn't.

Dictate anywhere

Any app, any text field. The Parlo keyboard works wherever your iPhone keyboard does; on Mac, a global hotkey types into whatever app has focus.

Automatic cleanup

Removes "uh," "um," and false starts while keeping your words intact.

Keyboard + Mac

An iOS keyboard and a macOS menu bar app: one product, two surfaces.

Private history

Your transcripts stay yours, on your device. Encrypted iCloud sync across iPhone and Mac is on the roadmap, so your history follows you without going through us.

04 / Get Parlo

Be early.
Speak privately first.

The iOS beta is in internal review right now. Leave your email and we'll bring you in as soon as access opens, then keep you posted through launch.