Ahsk

ahsk lets you record speech by holding down a shortcut key; when you release it, the cloud-based Whisper large-v3 model transcribes the audio, adds punctuation and paragraph breaks, and removes filler words, then writes the text at the cursor position according to your selected style. It offers a personal dictionary and cross-language dictation output, making it ideal for composing emails, customer communications, or entering text in development tools.

The meeting feature records the microphone and computer audio as two separate audio tracks, then organizes summaries, decisions, and action items—no meeting bot required. Quick shortcuts can launch apps, files, and websites or execute specified commands; on Mac, Alan integrates Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and Messages, and also offers an undo function. The official website explicitly states that it requires an internet connection and has no offline mode, nor does it offer an Android app; therefore, unsaved server-side audio should not be interpreted as meaning the audio never leaves the device.

Multilingual writers, developers, customer communication teams, and meeting participants

The official website states that the free tier is available, while Pro costs €9.99 per month; meeting minutes are limited to 10 hours per plan per month. The public introduction does not specify the full word count allowance for free dictation and does not describe the free tier as offering unlimited transcription.