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Voice drafts

Dictate into the composer with an explicit Apple Speech or local Whisper engine.
Last reviewed Sep 1, 2026Product status: in development
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Start a voice draft

Focus the composer and press Control + Option + D, or use the microphone control. Orylo progressively inserts the transcript into the draft so you can edit it before sending.

Speech engines

  • Apple Speech uses the language you select from the languages available on the Mac.
  • Whisper Local uses a downloaded, checksum-verified multilingual model and preserves the detected language.
  • Orylo never silently changes engines after a failure.

Microphone permission

The first recording uses the native macOS microphone permission prompt. If access is denied, Orylo offers a direct path to system settings and does not simulate recording.