JuTalk for Mac
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon
JuTalk runs on your Mac
Your free trial only starts when you first sign in on your Mac. No card needed. macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon.
Getting set up
1
Open JuTalk
Move it to Applications and open it. It runs in the background once set up.
2
Allow Accessibility
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. JuTalk uses it to notice the Option key and to type the text.
3
Allow the microphone
When macOS asks. JuTalk only listens while you hold Option.
4
Sign in
With your JuTalk account. That starts your 7-day free trial with 1 hour of dictation.
Then hold ⌥ Option in any app and start talking.
What installing does
Microphone permission
macOS asks for it. JuTalk records only while you hold Option, and Esc cancels a recording before it's sent.
Accessibility permission
JuTalk uses it to notice the Option key, find your cursor, hold back keys you hit while talking, and paste the text in. In a browser it also reads the website's address, so you can turn JuTalk off for one site. That address stays on your Mac unless you do turn it off there, which is saved with your account.
Where your audio goes
When you let go, the recording goes over an encrypted connection through JuTalk's servers to a speech recognition provider, which turns it into text. With cleanup on, the default, that text goes to an AI provider. JuTalk's servers don't store your audio or text. A recording that can't be sent stays on your Mac for up to 7 days. The privacy policy has the details.
On your Mac
JuTalk has a window, a Dock icon and a menu bar icon, and keeps running when you close the window. It opens at login only if you turn that on. It checks for updates on its own.
How to uninstall
1
Quit JuTalk
Click its icon in the menu bar and choose Quit JuTalk. If you turned on Open at login, turn that off first.
2
Delete the app
Drag JuTalk from Applications to the Trash.
3
Clean up
In System Settings → Privacy & Security, remove JuTalk from Accessibility and switch it off under Microphone. Delete the folder ~/Library/Application Support/JuTalk, which holds any recordings still waiting to be sent.
4
Your account
Removing the app doesn't cancel a subscription or delete your account. Cancel from your account page. To delete your account too, email support@jutalk.app.
The terms apply when you create an account or use the app. The privacy policy explains what happens to your data.