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DownloadTyp 2.6.3

Two installs. The return path is complete.

The Mac app holds dictation, meetings, screen capture, and the agent relay. The iPhone app captures wherever you are and lands it in the same library. Speech is transcribed on the device.

Download Talkie for Mac v2.6.3 · Apple Silicon · 80.9 MB
[ fig. 1 · mac ]dictation, on-device
Talkie on a MacBook with a matte cream lid on an orange field
LISTENING // PARAKEET-TDT-V3
"Draft a technical spec for the agent bridge..."
ON-DEVICE

01 installs

Two ways in.

The Mac app dictates, records, and relays, and ships with the talkie command line. The iPhone app captures on the move and syncs into the same library.

Talkie for Mac

macOS 26+ · Apple Silicon (arm64)

Signed & notarized

Hold your shortcut and speak into any text field, document, or terminal. Meetings, screen capture, and the agent relay run alongside it, on your machine.

SHA-256c879356e4b7c60ec2afd1a2e9163cb7803ba336a625bdfa5a7eabf499e4983d0
Install from the terminal
brew install --cask arach/talkie/talkie

Talkie for iPhone

iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch

Free

Capture a memo, a photo, or a scan wherever you are. It syncs to the Mac over iCloud and lands in the same library, with its context attached.

Get it on the App Store ↗
QR code linking to Talkie on the App Store
Scan to installtalkie.to/install
Requires
iOS 18.0 or later · watchOS 10.0 or later
Price
Free
Sync
iCloud, to the Mac relay
Speech
Transcribed on the device

02 Talkie · Specification sheet

Technical data

Typ 2.6.3

80.9MBDisk image
16kHzCapture
On-deviceSpeech
FreeBoth apps

1System

Host
macOS 26+
Architecture
Apple Silicon (arm64)
Accelerators
Neural Engine, Metal, Accelerate BNNS
Package
Apple Silicon Mach-O, signed and notarized
Disk image
80.9 MB, Gatekeeper ticket stapled
Companion
iOS 18.0 or later · watchOS 10.0 or later
Price
Free. Bring your own model keys.

2Speech

Engine
FluidAudio Parakeet TDT v3
Mode
Streaming transducer, CoreML
Alternatives
Parakeet v2, Parakeet 110M, WhisperKit Turbo, Apple Speech
Capture
16 kHz, 16-bit, mono PCM, VAD gated
Network
None. Transcription is on-device.

3Models

Default
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Models
DeepSeek V4, GLM-5, Grok 4, Llama 4 Scout, Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.6 Sol
Providers
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Groq, OpenRouter
Keys
BYOK · stored in macOS Keychain, to.talkie.keys
Default model cost
Charged by the provider · $0.10 / 1M in · $0.40 / 1M out
Context
1M tokens
Orchestration
Local workflow runner with computer-use leasing

4Security

IPC
Mach XPC to.talkie.agent.xpc.dev, 30 s heartbeat
Signing
Developer ID Application, Arach Ghaznavi
Notarization
Apple notarytool, ticket stapled
Permissions
Microphone · Accessibility · Screen Recording (optional)
SHA-256
c879356e4b7c60ec2afd1a2e9163cb7803ba336a625bdfa5a7eabf499e4983d0
talkie.to/download · Release 2.6.3 ↗ Subject to change without notice