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What’s New

New features and improvements in Dictaty.

Dictaty 1.2.4

  • When you dictate in English, German, or French, Dictaty leaves spoken fillers out of the text it inserts. In English that means “uh,” “um,” and “erm.” In German it means “äh,” “ähm,” and “öhm.” In French it means “euh.” This is on from the start. Turn it off in Settings if you want those sounds kept.
  • Settings now has text snippets. Say a short word you picked, and Dictaty swaps it for a longer phrase, such as a sign-off. Say “new line” or “new paragraph” and Dictaty inserts that break. German and French have their own phrases for the same breaks. Those breaks are on from the start, and you can turn them off.
  • Setup now finishes with a practice field. As soon as you choose Continue on the welcome step, Dictaty starts the download you need before you can dictate, and a bar shows the progress. On the last step, speak a short sentence and it lands in the field. You can skip that step.
  • Dictate right next to a word that’s already on the page, and Dictaty puts a space in so the words don’t run together. If the sentence is already going, a small word such as “and” or “the” stays lowercase, and a period at the end of what you just said is left off. Afterward, your dictation is still on the clipboard.
  • While your free trial is running, the license window’s button says “Done” and only closes the window. Dictaty keeps running. You can paste a key that still has a label in front, such as “License:”. Right after the trial runs out, the window says “Trial expired” instead of “0 hours left.”
  • Custom words has a new switch: “Recognize custom words more accurately.” It stays off until you turn it on. Then it downloads 574 MB once, and after that everything works offline. When you say a word from your list, Dictaty gets it right much more often, and the text shows up a moment later.

Dictaty 1.2.3

  • While your free trial is running, the top of your settings and history window shows how much time you have left, along with buttons to buy Dictaty or enter your license key.
  • “Enter License Key…” is now also available in the Dictaty menu and in the menu that appears when you click the Dictaty icon in your menu bar. With an active license, those menus show “License: Active” instead.
  • When you choose “Enter License Key…”, the cursor lands right in the key field. You can paste your key as is, even with extra spaces, line breaks, or lowercase letters. Once Dictaty accepts the key, it confirms that your license is active.
  • The license window stays open while you enter your key. If your key isn’t valid, it remains in the field so you can fix it. If your key is already active on another Mac or has been revoked, you can contact support with one click.

Dictaty 1.2.2

  • If a very short recording has no detected speech, Dictaty now asks you to speak a little longer instead of adding an empty history entry.
  • Saved recordings without a transcript now appear as compact rows in your history.
  • The Transcribe button stays fully visible, even in narrow windows.

Dictaty 1.2.1

  • The settings and history window opens more smoothly.
  • Fixed bugs that could cut off the end of a recording, add clicks to the audio, or cause a recording to be lost when you quit Dictaty.
  • You can no longer accidentally delete a recording while it’s in progress.
  • License checks now handle Keychain errors more reliably. A valid license still works offline if the connection fails.
  • Text in your history is easier to read when Increase Contrast is turned on in macOS.

Dictaty 1.2

  • Fixed an issue where an extra blank settings window opened when you launched Dictaty.
  • Your dictation history stays smooth, even with lots of entries.
  • Dictation titles are easy to read in both light and dark mode.
  • The settings and history window opens faster.

Dictaty 1.1

  • Switches and buttons now look and work the same way in every window.
  • You can use Dictaty more reliably with the keyboard and with VoiceOver.
  • When an update is ready, What's New appears directly in the update window.
  • Your own words are recognized much more reliably, including names, multi-word terms and hyphenated spellings.
  • For each of your own words, you can say how it sounds ("Sounds like …").

Dictaty 1.0.2

  • Try Dictaty free for 7 days directly in the app. The license window shows how much trial time you have left and lets you buy a license.
  • Dictaty can now open automatically when you log in to your Mac. Turn this on during setup or later in Settings.
  • Local speech recognition has been improved. On Macs with Apple silicon, the new speech model downloads in the background, so you can keep dictating with your existing model while it downloads.
  • If the new speech model cannot load or needs more memory than your Mac has available, Dictaty automatically uses the previous model.
  • Clearer setup instructions, error messages and dictation history text make everyday use easier.