# Voice to Text That Lives in Your Mac's Notch

Local AI transcription with visual feedback. See your recording status at a glance.

seam turns your MacBook's notch into a voice-to-text interface. Press a shortcut, speak naturally, and watch the recording indicator pulse in your notch. Transcription happens 100% locally using on-device AI. No audio leaves your Mac. Unlike Superwhisper or Wispr Flow, seam shows your recording status right in the notch so you always know when it's listening.

## Why use this?

### 100% Local Processing

All transcription happens on your Mac using local AI models. No internet required, no audio uploaded to servers.

### Visual Recording Indicator

The notch pulses while recording, so you always know when seam is listening. No guessing, no hidden microphone access.

### Works in Any App

Transcribed text is pasted wherever your cursor is. Works in Slack, Gmail, Notion, VS Code, or any text field.

### Instant Results

See your transcription appear in real time. No waiting for cloud processing. Results are near-instant on Apple Silicon.

## How it works

1. **Press your shortcut**  
   Hit the keyboard shortcut to activate voice recording. The notch lights up with a pulsing indicator.

2. **Speak naturally**  
   Talk at your normal pace. The AI model processes your speech locally on your Mac in real time.

3. **Text appears instantly**  
   Your words are transcribed and pasted at your cursor position. Works in any app, any text field.

## How Seam compares

|  | seam Voice | Superwhisper | Wispr Flow | Apple Dictation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $19.90 (all features) | $9.99/mo | Free (limited) | Free (built-in) |
| 100% local | Yes | Yes | No (cloud) | Partial |
| Visual indicator | Notch (always visible) | Menu bar icon | Floating widget | None |
| Accuracy | High (Whisper) | High (Whisper) | High (cloud AI) | Medium |
| 10+ other features | Yes | No | No | No |
| Works offline | Yes | Yes | No | Partial |
| One-time purchase | Yes | No (subscription) | Yes | Free |

## Frequently asked questions

**What is the best voice-to-text app for Mac?**  
seam offers voice-to-text with a unique advantage: the recording indicator lives in your MacBook's notch, so you always see when it's listening. Processing is 100% local, no cloud uploads. For users who want privacy-first dictation with visual feedback, seam is the best choice at $19.90 one-time.

**Is seam's voice transcription private?**  
Yes, completely. All speech processing happens on-device using local AI models. No audio is ever sent to external servers. Your recordings never leave your Mac.

**How accurate is the transcription?**  
seam uses Whisper-based models optimized for Apple Silicon, delivering high accuracy across English and other languages. Accuracy improves with clear speech and a quiet environment.

**Does it work offline?**  
Yes. Since all processing is local, seam's voice-to-text works without an internet connection. Perfect for airplane mode, coffee shops with bad WiFi, or privacy-sensitive environments.

**How is seam different from Apple Dictation?**  
Apple's built-in dictation has limited accuracy (70-80%), no visual feedback, and partially relies on cloud processing. seam uses more advanced AI models, shows a clear recording indicator in your notch, and processes everything locally with higher accuracy.

## Get all features for one price

seam includes 10 features: Pomodoro timer, voice-to-text, music controls, calendar, and more. One-time purchase, no subscriptions.