Mixed CN-EN Mac Dictation
Local-first Mac dictation tuned for mixed Chinese-English speech, no input switching
- Problem
- Chinese users constantly mix English words, product names, and jargon into daily speech. Built-in dictation and separate Chinese/English voice input handle these poorly, mangling punctuation and forcing users to switch input methods or fix text afterward.
- Solution
- A menu bar Mac app focused on mixed Chinese-English recognition: post-processes code-switched sentences, auto-punctuates, and types into the cursor of any app. Users can toggle between an offline local model and a high-accuracy cloud model.
- Users
- Chinese users in cross-border teams, programmers, foreign-trade workers, students abroad, and knowledge workers who dictate meeting notes.
- MVP
- Menu bar global dictation; mixed-language recognition and post-processing; auto punctuation; output to cursor in any app; local/cloud model switch; simple history.
- Revenue
- Free tier plus monthly subscription, with cloud model usage billed by volume; one-time purchase for the local-model edition.
- Why now
- Mac dictation has a solid baseline, but mixed CN-EN scenarios have long been ignored by general tools, and Apple Silicon makes local high-accuracy models practical.