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MacParakeet vs FluidVoice: catalog facts
MacParakeet	FluidVoice
Free Free with no subscription; the source is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0, supported through GitHub Sponsors.
macOS	macOS
Speech recognition runs on the device Dictation works in any app's text field	Speech recognition runs fully on-device Local AI cleanup without API keys
Apple Silicon Macs only, macOS 14.2 or later Still a pre-1.0 release	macOS 15 or later only for now The Fluid Intelligence runtime is not part of the open-source code
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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