Raw speech
What you actually say while thinking out loud.
“Um remind me to send Maya the pricing thing and maybe make it a task and also the follow up should be tomorrow morning.”
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PeekabooVoice to text for Mac · Local-first
The fastest private way to think on a Mac.
Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and Peekaboo turns it into clean text you can paste anywhere. Everything stays on your Mac.
Free 7-day trial·€29 one-time·macOS 14+·Apple Silicon recommended
✓100% on-device✓No account needed✓Not a subscription
Start with a shortcut
⌥+⇧+Space
Recording
0:09
Transcribing on-device…
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PeekabooDashboard
All Notes
Task
Idea
Meeting
Taskjust now
Prep the call with Sarah — confirm the pricing, send the updated deck by EOD, and follow up Thursday.
Saved as Task
Made by an independent developer in Finland, with a bias for privacy, care, and simple software.
✓ On-device Whisper✓ Apple-verified download✓ 14-day refund
How it works
One shortcut. One thought. Usable text.
Peekaboo keeps the capture loop short. You stay in the app you were already using.
1Press shortcut
Press once, record anywhere
Pick the shortcut that feels natural. Peekaboo listens from anywhere on your Mac — no need to switch apps.
Press to start
⌥+⇧+Space
More than dictation
Dictation types. Peekaboo captures thoughts.
macOS Dictation is useful input. Peekaboo adds the workflow around it: cleanup, paste, saved history, and categories.
Peekaboo output
Readable text you can paste, send, or save.
- Send Maya the pricing note.
- Save it as a task.
- Follow up tomorrow morning.
More than a voice keyboard
Speak now. Find it next month.
Most voice tools type and forget. Peekaboo keeps every capture with its category, transcript, and full-text search.
Auto-categorized
Captures land as Tasks, Ideas, Meetings, Journals, References automatically. Override any time.
Full-text search
Find that thought from three weeks ago in two seconds. Search by word, category, or date.
Cleanup styles
Clean prose, bullets, action items, or email draft. No API key needed.
Custom categories
Define your own beyond the defaults: project names, clients, life areas, colors, and icons.
Screenshot attachments
Snap a screenshot during recording and attach it to the note. Voice plus visual context in one place.
Quick Dictation mode
Need just a paste, no saved note? Use the second shortcut for fire-and-forget dictation.
Local-first privacy
Your voice notes stay yours.
Peekaboo runs on your Mac. Transcription uses Whisper locally, cleanup happens on-device, and your audio never leaves your computer.
✓Local Whisper transcription on your Mac
✓Cleanup on-device, no LLM API key needed
✓Audio is never uploaded
✓No account, no cloud, no usage caps
Pricing
One-time purchase. No subscription.
Try the full app for 7 days. No card, no account. Buy once when you are ready.
Early-adopter pricing
Launch price is €29 Personal / €49 Duo. It goes up to €39 / €59 after launch — lock it in now.
Free 7-day trial
Full app, all features. No credit card.
Personal
€29one-time · 1 Mac
€39 after launch
- ✓Unlimited voice captures
- ✓Local Whisper transcription
- ✓Cleanup styles (clean, bullets, tasks, email)
- ✓Paste at cursor in any app
- ✓Searchable history & custom categories
- ✓Free updates throughout v1
Duo
€49one-time · 2 Macs
€59 after launch
- ✓Everything in Personal
- ✓Two Macs — laptop + desktop, or share with a partner
- ✓No subscription, ever
- ✓Offline after activation
- ✓Free updates throughout v1
14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Secure checkout via Stripe · instant license by email.
FAQ
Clear answers before you install.
Download Peekaboo and use the full app for 7 days, free. No card, no account. After the trial, enter a license key to keep going.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple Silicon is recommended for the Medium Whisper model. On Intel, Peekaboo defaults to the Small model for speed.
Yes. Peekaboo uses WhisperKit on your Mac. Your audio never leaves the device. The model downloads once during onboarding and then works offline.
No. Peekaboo's cleanup runs on your Mac. Nothing to set up, nothing to pay per word.
Use Quick Dictation mode if you just want a paste. The notes layer means every thought is also saved, searchable, and organized.
Yes. Peekaboo records globally and pastes cleaned text into the app where you were typing: Slack, Mail, Notion, your editor, Messages, and more.
Accessibility lets Peekaboo paste text at your cursor. Without it, captured text lands on the clipboard for manual paste.
Yes. The default is Option + Shift + Space because plain Option + Space conflicts with non-breaking-space input on several European layouts.
Dictation types into the focused field. Peekaboo cleans up filler words, formats your speech, saves to local history, categorizes notes, and lets you re-paste later.
No. Buy once, own it. Free updates during v1. The Duo license covers two Macs.
14 days, no questions asked. If Peekaboo does not fit your workflow, email hello@peekaboo-app.com for a full refund.
Whisper handles 13+ languages including English, Finnish, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Russian. Auto-detect is on by default.
Start thinking out loud. Free for 7 days.
No card, no account. macOS 14+. Then €29 once, no subscription.