# ParrotPad - voice dictation that gets out of your way

> ParrotPad is a desktop voice dictation app for macOS and Windows. Hold a global hotkey, speak, release - a clean, punctuated transcript is pasted at your cursor in whatever app has focus. Slack, Gmail, ChatGPT, Cursor, Notion, anywhere.

## What it actually does
- Push-to-talk and toggle hotkeys, both rebindable. Defaults: hold Right Option (Mac) / Right Alt (Windows) for push-to-talk; tap Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Space to toggle
- Records locally while the hotkey is held, then sends a single audio file to our cloud for transcription with a best-in-class speech engine and returns clean text in under a second
- Pastes the cleaned text at the cursor via clipboard + simulated paste, then restores the previous clipboard contents
- Floating mic indicator (frameless, always-on-top, draggable) shows live volume while recording
- System tray menu with recent transcripts, pause/resume, settings, quit

## Why it's different
- Speaking is roughly 3× faster than typing - the first draft was never the bottleneck, editing was
- No LLM rewriting your voice. Filler words removed, punctuation added, then ParrotPad gets out of the way
- Personal dictionary for technical terms - stack words, customer names, jargon - boosts accuracy where it matters
- Audio is never retained server-side by default
- Cross-platform from day one - macOS first, Windows close behind

## Who it's for
- Developers, writers, customer support, email-heavy operators, ESL knowledge workers, anyone with RSI / typing strain, and anyone prompting LLMs all day

## Pricing
- Free: 5,000 words/week, 30 transcripts of history, 50-term personal dictionary - no card
- Parrot Pro: $10/month or $96/year ($8/month effective) - unlimited
- Parrot Teams: from $9/seat/month, minimum 3 seats, 10% off Pro