# tabi: Free AI dictation for Mac: hold fn, talk, and clean text lands at your cursor

> tabi is a free dictation app for Mac. Hold fn and talk in any app, and clean, finished text lands at your cursor. Tap fn twice to go hands-free.

Canonical: https://indielaunch.dev/products/tabi
Last updated: 2026-11-09

|  | tabi |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.heytabi.app |
| Pricing | Free |
| Platforms | macOS |
| Categories | AI Tools, Productivity |
| Based in | India |
| Launched | 2026-11-09 |
| Made by | tabi app |

tabi is a free dictation app for Mac. Hold fn and talk in any app, and clean, finished text lands at your cursor. Tap fn twice to go hands-free.

Select any text and tabi reads it back in a real voice. Open a PDF, a Word file, a book or a photo in Listen and it reads it aloud, in 37 languages.

Hold fn and Control to ask a question, rewrite what you selected, or reply for you.

Names and words in your Dictionary come out spelled right, and tabi learns from the fixes you make.

No account: download it, open it, talk. Free while in beta. Needs macOS 14 or later. Powered by Mistral AI.

## Features

- **Dictation in any Mac app**: Hold fn and speak to place cleaned-up text wherever the cursor is, with app-specific writing styles.
- **Ask, rewrite and reply**: Hold fn and Control to ask a question, rewrite selected text or draft a reply that lands at the cursor.
- **Read text aloud**: Select text in any app and have a real voice read it back with a playback control.
- **Listen to documents**: Open PDFs, Word files, EPUBs, text files or page photos and follow them as they are read aloud.
- **Multilingual voice tools**: Speak in 56 languages and read documents in 37 languages, including translation while listening.
- **Personal dictionary**: Add words and corrections so tabi writes and pronounces names and terms the way you want.

## FAQ

### What is tabi?

tabi is a Mac app for dictation, asking questions, rewriting selected text, drafting replies and reading text aloud.

### Is tabi free?

Yes. tabi is free while it is in beta, with every feature switched on. A paid plan may come later, and the app will tell you before anything changes.

### Do I need an account?

No. There is nothing to sign up for; download and open the app and it signs itself in.

### Which languages does tabi understand?

tabi understands 56 languages and can detect the language or let you choose one in Settings.

### What files can Listen read?

Listen can read PDFs, Word files, EPUBs, text files and photos of pages. Scanned PDFs and photos are read with Mistral OCR.

### What Mac do I need?

tabi requires a Mac running macOS 14 or later and an internet connection.

### Does tabi keep recordings?

No. Audio is discarded when it becomes text. Your takes are saved as text on your Mac, where you can delete them.

Tags: dictation, text-to-speech, voice assistant

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