Start talking.
Copy and paste into Terminal.app:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladstudio/sten/main/install.sh | bash
What does the install script do?
- Verifies macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon
- Downloads the latest release from GitHub
- Installs to /Applications (replaces existing version)
- Removes quarantine flag so the unsigned app can run
- Opens the app
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon · Free
- Press hotkey
- Talk
- That's it
Your voice is transcribed on-device and typed into the active app.
Transforms
Run every transcription through custom scripts. Fix grammar with an LLM, enforce terminology — anything a shell script can do.
- Works in every app
- 25 languages
- Free forever
- Is it really free?
- Yes.
- Will you start charging later?
- No, but if you want to support me, buy a vlad.studio account
- How accurate is it?
- It uses Parakeet TDT, a state‑of‑the‑art model running on Apple's Neural Engine.