Features

Everything It Does, and What It Doesn't.

Everything WhisperWizard does on your Mac, and the few things it does not. A menu-bar app, four shortcuts, your own prompts and your own OpenAI key.

Lives in the menu bar · no Dock icon

The features

One cast, six parts.

Say it, cast it, done. Each part of that motion has its own page: what it does, how it really works, and where it stops.

01
Templates
Your own prompts, each one a spell you can read, copy and rebind.
02
Hotkeys
Record, stop, open the palette or cast a template from any app.
03
Auto-paste
Text lands where your cursor was, and your clipboard comes back.
04
History
Every recording kept on your Mac, original and processed side by side.
05
Your own key
Audio goes to your OpenAI account. No server of ours in between.
06
How it works
Record, transcribe, shape, paste: the whole pipeline in four beats.

The spec sheet

The full list, straight from what the app does today. If it is not on this list, WhisperWizard does not do it.

Capture

say it

Global record shortcut: ⌥⇧Space starts a recording from any app; ⌥Esc stops it. Toggle, not hold.
Floating recorder: A small recorder window with a live waveform, so you can see it listening.
Any language in: Whisper detects the language you speak; there is nothing to set.
Multi-display aware: Windows open on the display you are working on and remember their place.

Shape

cast it

Unlimited templates: Write as many prompts as you like: name, prompt, icon, colour, model, shortcut.
A hotkey per template: ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥6 by default. One key records, runs that prompt and pastes.
Template palette: ⌥Space opens a searchable palette: type, arrow, Enter.
Six built in: Six starter spells on ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥6, each one readable and free to copy from the Spellbook.
Model per template: Each template runs on the OpenAI model you pick for it.
Raw dictation: No template? Whisper's text is pasted as it was heard.

Land

done

Auto-paste: Re-focuses the app you were in and pastes at the cursor.
Clipboard restored: Whatever you had copied is put back after the paste.
Copy instead: Copy any result to the clipboard from the app or from History.

Keep

kept

Recording history: Every recording, its original transcript and the processed text.
Replay: Play back the audio of any recording; delete the ones you do not need.
Local only: Audio and history live on your Mac, in the app's own folder.

Run

quietly

Menu-bar app: No Dock icon. A tray menu holds templates, recording, history and settings.
Your own OpenAI key: Transcription and templates run on your account, billed by OpenAI.
Auto-update: Checks GitHub for new releases and asks before it updates.
Apple Silicon and Intel: Two notarized builds: Intel for macOS 10.13 or newer, Apple Silicon for macOS 11 or newer.

Honest comparison

WhisperWizard compared with built-in dictation and a voice memo plus ChatGPT
Aspect	Built-in dictation	Voice memo + ChatGPT	WhisperWizard
What lands at your cursor	Built-in dictationYour raw words, exactly as spoken	Voice memo + ChatGPTChatGPT's reply: which you still have to copy into your app	WhisperWizardText already shaped by your template, ready to send
Custom prompts on a shortcut	Built-in dictationNone: one fixed behavior	Voice memo + ChatGPTYou write or paste the prompt every single time	WhisperWizardUnlimited templates, each bound to its own shortcut
The work each time	Built-in dictationPress the dictation key and talk	Voice memo + ChatGPTRecord, transcribe, copy, open ChatGPT, prompt, copy back, paste	WhisperWizardPress your shortcut and talk
Keeps your recordings	Built-in dictationNothing is kept	Voice memo + ChatGPTYour voice memos, managed by hand	WhisperWizardEvery recording kept for one-click replay and re-copy

What it does not do

Windows, Linux, iPhone
Made only for the Mac. There is no other build.
Offline or local models
Transcription and templates run on OpenAI, so it needs a connection.
Meeting notes
It records you, on purpose, one thought at a time. It does not join calls.
Team plans or SSO
One license covers one, two or three of your Macs. That is the whole model.
A free trial
There is none. Every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee instead.
Work without your key
No OpenAI API key, no transcription. Setup takes about two minutes.

Every plan includes every feature on this page. One-time purchase, lifetime usage, and a 14-day money-back guarantee.