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The voice model is what turns your speech into text. It runs on your Mac, so your audio never leaves it. You’ll find it in Home > Voice Model.

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Choose English or Multilingual

Click the current voice model in Home > Voice Model to see the choices. Each one shows its name, a short description, and its size. Click a voice model to switch to it. If it isn’t on your Mac yet, Pipit downloads it first; a download arrow next to its size tells you it will.

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Languages

During setup, Pipit asks you to choose your language:
  • English Only (marked RECOMMENDED): Pipit uses the English voice model.
  • Multiple Languages (marked FLEXIBLE): detects and transcribes 25 European languages. Pipit uses the Multilingual voice model.
After setup, your language goes with the voice model you pick. To change languages, pick Multilingual or English in Home > Voice Model. Reset Onboarding, at the bottom of Home, also takes you back through setup, including the language choice. Multilingual understands these 25 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Greek, and Maltese. You don’t need to tell Pipit which one you’re speaking.

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The download

Setup downloads what Pipit needs once: up to about 1.2 GB. You need an internet connection for the download. If you’re offline, Pipit says “Connect to the internet to download the voice model.” Once a voice model is downloaded, Pipit works fully offline.

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Status and actions

The line under the voice model’s name tells you where it is: The button beside it changes with the status:
  • Download: downloads the voice model and loads it.
  • Load: loads a downloaded voice model into memory.
  • Unload: frees the memory the voice model uses. It reloads when you next dictate.
  • Delete: appears when the voice model is on disk but not loaded. Deletes its downloaded files to free disk space. Click Delete, then Confirm. You’ll need to download it again to dictate with it.