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Pipit needs a Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later.

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Download and open

1

Download

Download Pipit from pipitvoice.com.
2

Open the disk image

Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
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Move Pipit to Applications

Drag Pipit into the Applications folder.
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Open Pipit

Open Pipit from your Applications folder. The first time, macOS asks whether you want to open an app downloaded from the Internet. Click Open.

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Setup

The first time Pipit opens, it walks you through a short setup.
  1. Welcome to Pipit: click Get Started.
  2. Permissions: click Grant next to Microphone and Accessibility, and allow each one when macOS asks. Pipit needs both to work. See Permissions if one won’t turn on.
  3. Language: choose English Only or Multiple Languages. You can open View all 25 supported languages to check yours. The voice model starts downloading here: a one-time download of up to about 1.2 GB. You need an internet connection for it. After that, transcription works offline.
  4. Find Pipit in the Menu Bar: look for the bird in your menu bar. That’s where your recent dictations and clipboard history live.
  5. Sign In: completely optional. Signing in syncs your dictionary and settings across your Macs. Click Sign In with Browser, or Skip for now. Pipit works fully offline with no account.
  6. Say hello: a short practice dictation. Hold your shortcut and read the line under Say this out loud. If the voice model is still downloading, you’ll see Getting your voice ready until it’s done. You can choose Skip for now and practice later.
  7. Welcome to Pipit!: click Start Using Pipit.
Then try your first dictation.
If you use Fn/Globe as your shortcut and pressing it opens the emoji picker, open System Settings > Keyboard and set the Globe key to Do Nothing. Pipit usually does this for you, and shows a reminder during practice when it can’t.

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Start at login and the Dock icon

Both switches are on the Home tab, under App Preferences.
  • Launch at Startup: starts Pipit when you log in. On by default.
  • Hide Dock Icon: runs Pipit from the menu bar only. This needs the menu bar icon, which shows only while Save clipboard history is on (Enhance tab > History).

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Updates

Pipit checks for updates and installs them automatically. To check now, click Check for Updates at the bottom of the Home tab.

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Uninstall

  1. Quit Pipit: click the bird in the menu bar, then Quit. Or press ⌘Q while Pipit’s window is in front.
  2. Drag Pipit from your Applications folder to the Trash.
  3. Optional: open System Settings > Privacy & Security and remove Pipit from the Accessibility and Screen & System Audio Recording lists, and turn it off under Microphone.