Epilude

Epilude is a voice productivity suite for Mac that bundles four tools: dictation that drops polished text into any app, a meeting notetaker that never sends a bot to the call, voice editing and a narrator that reads documents aloud. What sets it apart is Local Mode, which processes your voice on the Mac itself.

What is Epilude and what does it include?

With Dictation you hold a key, speak and release: text appears punctuated, without filler words and with any spoken corrections applied, in Gmail, Slack, your editor or any text field. It learns your vocabulary, matches tone to the app and supports voice shortcuts. Notetaker records your mic and the meeting audio and produces an editable summary with action items, saved as Markdown. Actions rewrites selected text from a spoken command, and Narrator reads pages and documents with the EP-1 voice.

How does Epilude work?

Download the app, pick a hotkey and start dictating. In Local Mode the EP-1 model transcribes and summarizes on your Mac, so audio never leaves the machine and you can even dictate offline. Cloud mode adds speed and accuracy, voice edits and 30+ languages with mid-sentence switching. Press Cmd + Option + F in any app to send feedback to the team.

Who is Epilude for?

• Lawyers and professionals handling client data who can't upload audio.
• Leaders and salespeople answering email and summarizing calls between meetings.
• Creators, developers and students who'd rather talk than type.

Epilude pros and cons

It stands out for privacy, for never training on your data and for folding what is usually three apps into one. On the downside, it's Mac-only, Local Mode needs Apple Silicon and 16 GB of memory for cleanup and summaries, cloud voices send the text being read, and voice edits still need a connection.