Bocca

Bocca

Bocca is an AI-powered, offline-first speech-to-text app for macOS that transcribes audio, generates text by dictation, and works anywhere you can type or paste text while keeping data private on your device.

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Freemium Enterprise 70/100
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Bocca is an AI-powered transcription and dictation app designed to let users speak to generate text, transcriptions, and prompts without typing. It emphasizes privacy and an offline-first architecture so processing and data remain on the user's device. The product is positioned for professionals and creators who want to save time on prompts, meetings, articles, podcasts, courses, and interviews and works anywhere you can type or paste text.

Bocca is an AI-powered, offline-first speech-to-text app for macOS that transcribes audio, generates text by dictation, and works anywhere you can type or paste text while keeping data private on your device.

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Key Features

AI-powered speech-to-text

Transcribe speech into text using integrated AI models.

Write faster by dictation

Create content and prompts by speaking to achieve faster results (marketing copy: 'Write 5x faster without typing').

Works with any app

Use Bocca anywhere you can type or paste text, no need to switch applications.

Multilingual support

Support for many languages so you can talk in any language.

Private & secure (on-device)

Everything stays on your computer; nothing is sent to external databases.

Offline-first

Functionality is available without an internet connection; processing happens on the device.

Transcribe audio files

Ability to transcribe uploaded audio files.

Choose your AI model

Option to select which AI model to use for transcription and text generation.

Pricing

Free Tier Available

Free tier includes push-to-talk, audio file transcription, model selection, multilingual transcription and 50 transcriptions per month.

Free

Free
  • Push to talk in any app
  • Transcribe audio file
  • Choose your AI model
  • Transcribe in any language

Premium

$25 one time
  • Push to talk in any app
  • Transcribe audio file
  • Choose your AI model
  • Transcribe in any language

Use Cases

Create prompts and technical notes

Software engineers can dictate technical ideas to create ChatGPT prompts and other technical text faster.

Meeting transcription

Project managers can transcribe client meetings into written form for notes and follow-ups.

Content creation from interviews

Digital content creators can transform interviews into ready-to-publish blog posts.

Podcast transcription and repurposing

Podcasters can convert episodes into subtitles and scripts for social media.

Course material generation

Course creators can transform webinars into text-based course materials.

Journalism and quote extraction

Journalists can extract accurate quotes from interviews for news articles.

Integrations

No verified integration details are available.

Benefits

Speeds up writing and prompt creation (claimed time savings for various tasks)
Works in any app without switching contexts
Supports multiple languages for global use
Keeps data private by processing on-device
Operates offline without requiring an internet connection

Limitations

Download requires macOS 12+ (macOS requirement)
Free tier limited to 50 transcriptions per month

Frequently Asked Questions

No verified FAQs are available.

Getting Started

  1. 1 Watch the demo to see Bocca in action
  2. 2 Download the app (requires macOS 12+)
  3. 3 Use push-to-talk in any app or transcribe audio files; upgrade to Premium if you need unlimited transcriptions

Support

email

Reach out by emailing the team (contact via email as noted on the site)

priority support

Premium users receive priority support (listed as a Premium feature)

API

Available: No

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