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Aqua Voice - Incredibly fast voice input for Mac and Windows

Aqua is super fast AI dictation that lets you talk into any text field -- Cursor, Gmail, Slack, even your terminal. It starts up in under 50ms, inserts text as fast as 450ms, and has state-of-the-art accuracy. Write 4x faster anywhere with Aqua. 🌊

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Finn Brown

It’s Finn from Aqua!


Aqua lets you talk into any text box. It's our attempt to make voice a first-class input method.


Watch the Video.

Live Demo.


I'm dyslexic and have been using dictation software since 6th grade. For over a decade, I've been chasing a dream that never quite worked - using your voice instead of your keyboard.


It's always been awkward, clunky, and just not actually better than typing. Siri is a complete joke, and a lot of well-meaning alternatives (I've tried them all) don't actually transform where you can use your voice.


Aqua lives on your desktop, and it lets you talk into any text field -- Cursor, Gmail, Slack, even your terminal. It does a lot more, but that’s the core. We’d love your feedback!


(Written with Aqua)

Leeann Trang

@finn_brown Congrats on the launch Finn! I had started testing out @Wispr Flow and felt it was much more accurate than using iOS dictation. How is @Aqua differentiating itself from @Wispr Flow ?

Finn Brown

@ph_leeanntrang Thanks! We're going to do iOS, but we're going to do iOS the right way. You might prefer Aqua over Flow Voice if you want:

  1. ⚡ Faster Inference. Fewer mistakes(see benchmarks). More tuned output.

  2. 🎙️ Streaming mode: the dream for longer stuff, pacing around and dictating Churchill style.

  3. 🧠 Deep Context: increases accuracy when coding, messaging, and other complex scenarios by privately using what's on your screen. Think of it like MCP for every app that you don't have to setup.

  4. 🎛️ Custom Instructions: You can fine tune your output to get it just right:

    Example: "Use lowercase in iMessage. In Figma, don't add periods or ending punctuation. Often used commands when in terminal, cursor, vscode: ..."

As you can see from some of the other comments, a lot of people have tried both and we've been having waves of people switch from Flow and then email us and say, "I've tried them all - you guys are #1."

(i posted this in another comment too but wanted ppl to see because this at the top!)

Leeann Trang

@finn_brown awesome, thanks! I did notice the usecase of the different "styles" in diff apps. I haven't needed that yet, but that may grow on me. I will def give it a try!

Usama

@finn_brown 

Congrats on the launch — I recently gave Aqua a spin recently and I have to say, it’s hands down one of the most seamless and polished tools I’ve used. Incredible job building something that just works.


I’d love to make it part of my daily workflow, but I’m still a bit cautious about how Aqua handles data — especially with the deep context features that tap into what’s on my screen. That said, the transcription quality is unmatched. Nothing else like it out there -- will use that as daily driver.

René

@finn_brown Aqua looks great and could potentially replace @Wispr Flow for me. However, I was wondering about data privacy, as I couldn't find any details on your website. Flow explicitly states that "none of your transcripts will be stored by us." How does Aqua handle this? For example, are user audio files used for model training?

Chris Messina

Love Aqua Voice — it's super fast, accurate, and clever. Big fan.

Finn Brown

@chrismessina Thanks Chris!

Pablo Peniche

@chrismessina Thank you for the support Chris!

Desmond

This sounds interesting! Now I can code with my mouth. lol

Jack McIntire

@desmond_ren1 the fastest way to do it!

Prashant Mahajan

I have tried Superwhisper, MacWhisper, Whispr, and all. This is best and I have no relation to the team.

Mike Kerzhner

@finn_brown Would you mind chiming in on why Aqua Voice is the leader in voice-to-text category? Would love to hear the reasons why I should switch from Whispr Flow!

Finn Brown

@mikekerzhner Good question!

  1. ⚡ Faster Inference. Fewer mistakes(see benchmarks). More tuned output.

  2. 🎙️ Streaming mode: the dream for longer stuff, pacing around and dictating Churchill style.

  3. 🧠 Deep Context: increases accuracy when coding, messaging, and other complex scenarios by privately using what's on your screen. Think of it like MCP for every app that you don't have to setup.

  4. 🎛️ Custom Instructions: You can fine tune your output to get it just right:

    Example: "Use lowercase in iMessage. In Figma, don't add periods or ending punctuation. Often used commands when in terminal, cursor, vscode: ..."

As you can see from some of the other comments, a lot of people have tried both and we've been having waves of people switch from Flow and then email us and say, "I've tried them all - you guys are #1."

Mike Kerzhner
@finn_brown excellent! Downloading Aqua voice now 🚀
Pablo Peniche

@prashant_mahajan Thank you, Prashant. It means a lot!

Sherveen Mashayekhi

I've tried pretty much every AI dictation app. I believe AI dictation is a major unlock in overall AI productivity for anyone who builds a true muscle in getting good at it.

But it's hard to get good at it! Not only do you have to remember to use it throughout your day, the apps are clunky, inconsistent, and have flow-breaking latency. The tone can be off and the need to edit a transcription is a speed-and-effort killer.


Aqua is just uniquely fast, accurate, and non-awkward in its output, which means – and I know this sounds shill-y, but I have no affiliation w/ them whatsoever – it's AI voice dictation that you will actually use.

Jack McIntire

@sherveen Thanks Sherveen, you are a homie

Ryan Hoover

I've heard good things about Aqua. Going to give this a try and hoping it increases my email velocity. :)

Rajiv Ayyangar

@rrhoover I'm especially curious what you think about email because I feel like Aqua is quite good in longer form dictation. It's still fast and snappy, but in longer form, it lets you kind of see what you're writing as you compose it and also seems to learn contextually from the app that's in focus.

Vince Coppola

I've tried virtually every modern dictation tool for macos and Aqua blows them all out of the water (pun intended). They've got the right team behind it, too—they ship quick and they don't miss.

Jack McIntire

@vinsidious Thanks Vince 🫡

Luigi Pederzani

Perfect for taking vibe coding on Curso to another level! 🤩

Pablo Peniche

@pederzh 🚀🚀🚀

Mikhail Vodolagin

This is amazing! I can finally bury all the whisper-wrapper plugins.
Couple feature requests:

  • please allow some kind of hot-switch between at least two languages, like with a separate key binding. Going to the bar each time and scrolling to find the same second language each time is a bit suboptimal

  • please allow for more rare keyboard buttons to work. E.g, pause/break is not allow as a custom button right now, nor are the keyboard-specific ones.

Jack McIntire

@mikhail_vodolagin We will ship language auto-detect soon!

Eric Lavin

Use Aqua daily. Quickly became an essential part of stack/workflow. Super accurate/intelligent/useful.

Finn Brown

@ericlavin Thanks Eric. I know you have a high bar for what makes it into your workflow, and it means a lot.

Romain Courtois

I've waited a software like this for maybe 10 years

I just love it; Aqua just works, out of the box, no calibration or complicated settings.

I speak in french for it to write in English, allowing me to input my prompts in Cursor faster than ever
Honestly impressive product, best 10$ I could invest this month

Pablo Peniche

@yasbaltrine Thank you for the kind words Romain! Please reach out if you encounter any problems (:

Raymond Weitekamp

aqua voice is amazing and highly under-rated.


i can vibe code completely hands-free while holding a screaming baby, by using aqua voice inside cursor.

Pablo Peniche

@rawwerks Thank you for the continued support Raymond! It means a lot. We aim to keep delivering the best service to you (:

Pablo Peniche

Aqua Voice entiende español y cientos de otros idiomas! (Written with Aqua)

Finn Brown

@pablo_peniche This has been extensively tested, haha.

Jack McIntire

@pablo_peniche Aqua kann Deutsch (Written with Aqua)

Pablo Peniche

@jmcintire Estou muito empolgado com este novo lançamento!

Michael Vavilov

Just watched your intro video. Wow! It works fast. Congrats on the launch!

Finn Brown

@michael_vavilov  Thanks, Michael. Let me know if you have any issues!

Barnabé DUBUS

It looks fast!

Nice presentation, nice UI. Congrats for the launch.

What is your presentation tool ? It's like embed app in clean presentation slides.

Pablo Peniche

@barnabed thanks! What do you mean? Do you mean the slides or do you mean the video?

Barnabé DUBUS
@pablo_peniche the slides in the video 🙃
Dylan Walker

The best voice to text software that I’ve used, hands down. I’m continually impressed by the difference in quality and speed and how much the product has improved over the last few months. The only thing I want is a mobile app so I don’t have to use ChatGPT’s horrible version that I’ve lost hours of recordings to.

Jack McIntire

@dylanwalker thanks dylan 🫡

Michael Cyger

So bummed...


It doesn't work on my 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 MacBook Pro. :(


It looks awesome. Can't wait to try it someday.

Jack McIntire

@michaelcyger Apologies Michael, the Intel download link is pretty hidden on the website, but you can see it here under the main button https://withaqua.com/download

Mike Staub

great job on the UX

Pablo Peniche

@mikestaub Thank you Mike! We put in a lot of thought into the details of the product. Glad you're enjoying it!

Christian Angelopoulos

Aqua Voice team is elite. Their most recent update is awesome and so much faster.

I've gone from never dictating to dictating like 90% of my life over the last three years. I can't even keep up with the volume of Slack messages, emails, signal chats, etc without dictation and Aqua Voice is one of the best. I use Superwhisper too, but I feel like Aqua is better at shorter context stuff like coding, emails, etc

Pablo Peniche

@christian_angelopoulos Thank you Christian!

Jun Shen

Excited to see voice dictation sped up for coding tasks! 😄

Pablo Peniche

@shenjun 🚀🚀🚀