
HoldTalk
Hold fn, speak, and the text appears in any Mac app
About HoldTalk
HoldTalk is dictation for the Mac without a subscription. Hold the fn key, speak, and the text appears at the cursor in any app. Transcription runs on your Mac with Apple's speech engine, with a personal dictionary and a searchable history. 7 days of Pro free, then 2,000 free words a week or Pro once for 19 EUR during the launch.
How HoldTalk did at launch
HoldTalk launched on Product Hunt on Nov 3, 2026, one of 40 launches Junior recorded that day. It finished #36 of the day with 63 upvotes, against a median of 78 for the day.
Among the 7 Mac launches in November 2026, it got more upvotes than 43% of them (the median was 63).
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