Good work, spoken.

Practical notes on dictation, meeting capture, and keeping your words yours.

From DigitalCarbon, the maker of Orca One. We explain where the app fits and where another tool may suit you better.

Start with the basics

Mac dictation

Start with the tool already on your Mac. Get the shortcut, microphone, punctuation, and privacy settings right before deciding if you need more.

Meeting notes
How to take meeting notes on a Mac without a bot
A meeting bot is not the only way to keep a useful record. Capture carefully, preserve the source, and decide what leaves your Mac afterward.
Read the guide
Meeting notes
How to transcribe a Zoom meeting on a Mac
Zoom's cloud transcript, a computer recording, and a local meeting recorder solve different parts of the job. Choose the record you need before the call.
Read the guide
Voice workflows
Voice coding on a Mac: dictate better prompts, then verify the code
Voice is good at explaining intent and tradeoffs. Let an editor or coding agent handle syntax, then review the diff and tests yourself.
Read the guide
Privacy
Offline speech to text on Mac: what to check before you trust it
An offline claim is only useful when you know what happens at setup, transcription, storage, and sharing. Check each step.
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Voice workflows
Dictation vs transcription: which one do you need?
Both turn speech into text, but one is an input method and the other is a record of a source. That difference changes what you should save and review.
Read the guide

The guides explain the work. The product pages show how Orca One does it on a Mac.