Univocal

Read-aloud and dictation for Mac in one app, no subscription

Built in United StatesProductivityLaunched Oct 23, 2026

About

I spend a lot of time reading and typing on my MacBook. For a while, I used two separate apps for this: one for dictation and another for reading text aloud. Both worked well, but each required a subscription. So I built Univocal, a local-only dictation and read-aloud app that brings one workflow across all the apps, with bilingual support, text highlighting, and lifetime access for a one-time purchase. Read-aloud: select text and Univocal reads it aloud, highlighting each word as it's spoken so you can follow along with your eyes and ears. It's useful for long articles and dense documents, or verbose answers by AI. Dictation: speak, and the text appears wherever your cursor is: email, notes, chat, or other apps where you'd normally type. Write a draft by voice, then