WaveOne is a free-to-try AI productivity app developed by Lunadence. It’s a speech-to-text tool that enables users to transcribe spoken words into text quickly and easily. It supports multiple languages, runs on-device, and utilizes Apple’s new speech engine introduced in macOS 26 as its core foundation for all its features and capabilities. A one-time purchase license is available after the free trial period. 

Native voice dictation tool 

In a nutshell, WaveOne is a TTS tool built around Apple’s new speech engine that it introduced with macOS 26. You can set it up in two ways. You can hold to talk, with the option to start and stop recording at any point. The other is having it transcribe and translate to one of the more than 10 languages it supports, in one go. 

You can also create a custom dictionary and teach it how to pronounce special words like names and brands, as well as correct it when it makes a mistake. You can also opt to add a cloud-based speech engine at the expense of on-device processing. Also, while accuracy is high, it can still trip up depending on how clearly someone speaks. 

Handy and works well 

To conclude, WaveOne - Voice Dictation is a solid transcription tool that leverages the improvements made to the native speech engine with recent versions of macOS. It’s intuitive to use, customizable, and learns the more you use it. It also works quite reliably, and its accuracy is high. Give it a try now.