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TypeNo

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A free, open source, privacy-first voice input tool for macOS. Press Control, speak, done.

TypeNo hero image

A minimal macOS voice input app. TypeNo captures your voice, transcribes it locally, and pastes the result into whatever app you were using — all in under a second.

Official website: https://typeno.com

Special thanks to marswave ai's coli project for powering local speech recognition.

How It Works

  1. Short-press Control to start recording
  2. Short-press Control again to stop
  3. Text is automatically transcribed and pasted into your active app (also copied to clipboard)

That's it. No windows, no settings, no accounts.

Install

Option 1 — Download the App

If macOS says the app is damaged

Current releases are not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS may block the app after download.

Try these steps in order:

  1. Right-click TypeNo.app in Finder and choose Open
  2. If you see System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway, use that path
  3. If macOS still blocks it, remove the quarantine flag in Terminal:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/TypeNo.app"
  1. Open TypeNo.app again

Install the speech engine

TypeNo uses coli for local speech recognition:

npm install -g @marswave/coli

If Coli is missing, TypeNo will show an in-app setup prompt with the install command.

First Launch

TypeNo needs two one-time permissions:

  • Microphone — to capture your voice
  • Accessibility — to paste text into apps

The app will guide you through granting these on first launch.

Option 2 — Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/marswaveai/TypeNo.git cd TypeNo scripts/generate_icon.sh scripts/build_app.sh

The app will be at dist/TypeNo.app. Move it to /Applications/ for persistent permissions.

Usage

Action Trigger
Start/stop recording Short-press Control (< 300ms, no other keys)
Start/stop recording Menu bar → Record
Transcribe a file Drag .m4a/.mp3/.wav/.aac to the menu bar icon
Check for updates Menu bar → Check for Updates...
Quit Menu bar → Quit (⌘Q)

Design Philosophy

TypeNo does one thing: voice → text → paste. No extra UI, no preferences, no configuration. The fastest way to type is to not type at all.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

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