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Szept

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Pasting a screenshot into Claude Code means leaving the terminal, opening Finder, dragging a file, typing context — by which point the thought is already gone. Szept collapses that chain into a held key and a spoken sentence.

$9.99 one-time (founding price, then $25)

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Summary

Szept is a Mac-only app that wires voice dictation, screenshot capture, and screen recording into a two-shortcut workflow built around handing off to AI coding agents. Hold fn to dictate; the text lands at your cursor in whatever app is focused, cleaned of filler words and formatted for the destination — email gets paragraphs, Slack stays one line, terminal gets the command verbatim. Add a screenshot with Command-Shift-A, speak your question, and Szept pastes both into Claude Code or Cursor. Speech recognition runs via a Soniox API key you supply — no on-device model, no background GPU drain. The ceiling appears fast: there is no API, no Windows build, and no way to automate or extend the tool beyond what ships.

Bottom line: The right pick for a solo Mac developer who wants frictionless voice-to-agent handoff without a subscription — the wrong pick the moment your team needs shared history, a Windows seat, or any workflow you can script.

Pricing Plans

Usage-Based
Price
$9.99 one-time (founding price, then $25)

One-time purchase

Custom

App, source, and agent kit; 12 months of updates

  • Signed DMG
  • Private GitHub repo with Swift source and tests
  • CLAUDE.md and implementation plans

View full pricing on szept.szyma.co →

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Pros

  • App-aware cleanup rewrites dictation differently per destination — no filler in Slack, full punctuation in email, exact phrasing in terminal — so you stop manually fixing what the microphone got wrong.
  • Screenshot and voice bundle into a single paste action, which means Claude Code or Cursor gets the image and your question together without a separate file-attach step.
  • Speech runs on your own Soniox key at cloud cost, so your Mac's CPU and GPU stay free for the compile or the model inference already running.
  • One-time purchase includes source, so you are not making a recurring commitment to a vendor's continued existence to keep the tool working.
  • Cross-language search across the local history timeline — typing a transliterated Polish word finds the original — so nothing you dictated is lost even across mixed-language sessions.

Cons

  • There is no API, no scripting hooks, and no way to trigger Szept from another tool. Any team that wants to embed voice capture in a custom internal workflow hits a dead end immediately and moves to a solution they can automate.
  • macOS 14 and later, Mac-only, no exceptions. A team with one Windows developer cannot standardize on this tool — full stop. Teams with mixed OS environments pick a browser-based or cross-platform dictation layer instead.
  • Speech recognition requires an active Soniox API key and an internet connection at the moment of dictation. Working offline — on a plane, in a basement, on a locked-down corporate network — means the tool stops functioning entirely; there is no local fallback model.
  • History and media are stored on the individual Mac with no sync. A developer switching machines or onboarding a second device starts from an empty timeline, losing all prior dictation context.

About

Platforms
macOS 14+
API Available
No
Self-Hosted
No
Last Updated
September 25, 2026

Best For

Who it's for

  • Mac users working with Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agents
  • Developers needing fast voice input without local ML models
  • Users wanting one-time purchase with full source access

What it does well

  • Dictating and cleaning text for emails, Slack, or terminal commands
  • Capturing and annotating screenshots for AI code review or debugging
  • Recording screen demos with voice narration for agent handoff
  • Multilingual dictation with automatic language switching

Integrations

Claude CodeCursorCodexany text app via paste

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Szept free?
Szept is a paid tool ($9.99 one-time (founding price, then $25)). No permanent free tier is offered.
What platforms does Szept support?
Szept is available on: macOS 14+.

Pasting a screenshot into Claude Code means leaving the terminal, opening Finder, dragging a file, typing context — by which point the thought is already gone. Szept collapses that chain into a held key and a spoken sentence.

Core workflow

Szept is a Mac-only app that wires voice dictation, screenshot capture, and screen recording into a two-shortcut workflow built around handing off to AI coding agents. Hold fn to dictate; the text lands at your cursor in whatever app is focused, cleaned of filler words and formatted for the destination — email gets paragraphs, Slack stays one line, terminal gets the command verbatim. Add a screenshot with Command-Shift-A, speak your question, and Szept pastes both into Claude Code or Cursor. Speech recognition runs via a Soniox API key you supply — no on-device model, no background GPU drain.

Pricing and limits

The app is a $9.99 one-time purchase at founding price, then $25, and includes source. It requires macOS 14 and later. Use cases include dictating and cleaning text for emails, Slack, or terminal commands, capturing screenshots for AI code review, recording screen demos with voice narration, and multilingual dictation with automatic language switching.

Who it is for / who should skip it

Szept fits Mac users working with Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agents who want fast voice input without local ML models and prefer a one-time purchase with full source access. The destination-aware cleanup and single-paste screenshot-plus-voice flow remove repeated manual fixes. Skip it if your team needs an API or scripting hooks, includes Windows users, or must work offline without an active Soniox key and internet connection.

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