Introduction
Welcome to Oriloq
Your intelligent voice-to-text companion for macOS.
Oriloq is a powerful Mac app designed to turn speech into clean, usable text with speed and accuracy — right inside any app.
Core features
- Real-time transcription — Dictate with speed and accuracy in any app.
- Smart Actions — Trigger custom AI prompts with a keyword, then a natural phrase.
- Custom vocabulary — Teach Oriloq names, acronyms, and domain-specific terms.
- Models — Parakeet and Canary transcription families (Core ML and MLX variants), local Gemma 4 QAT chat, and optional cloud engines such as ElevenLabs and Mistral. Choose the right balance of speed and quality for your workflow.
- Fine-tuning (enterprise add-on) — Align Oriloq with your workflows and compliance needs.
- Privacy-first — Your content is handled only to generate results; it’s never stored or used for training.
How to use Oriloq
- Launch Oriloq from your Applications folder and grant the required permissions.
- Start and stop recording with your shortcut (by default: ⌘Y). Press Esc to cancel.
- Speak naturally. Oriloq transcribes (and can translate) as you talk.
- The resulting text is inserted at your current cursor position.
This documentation will guide you through configuring and getting the most out of Oriloq. Start with Installation.
Want the product tour? See the Mac transcription app page.