Help Center
Everything you need to know about using Voibe effectively.
Get started
- Getting Started 30-second overview of Voibe: hold the hotkey, speak, release — and the text appears in whatever app you're using.
- System Requirements Voibe works on all Macs — Intel and Apple Silicon — with macOS 13 or later. On-device mode needs Apple Silicon; cloud mode runs anywhere. Here's how to check your Mac.
- First-Time Setup Step-by-step walkthrough: install, grant permissions, pick your hotkey, and run your first dictation in under two minutes.
- Permissions Voibe needs microphone and accessibility permissions. What each one does, what we cannot do with them, and how to grant them.
Using Voibe
- Dictation Modes Learn about Push-to-Talk, Hands-Free, and Live Dictation — three ways to dictate with Voibe, each designed for different workflows.
- Menu Bar App Voibe lives in your Mac's menu bar. Where to find the icon, what the menu shows, and how to access history, stats, and settings.
- Memory Create spoken shortcuts that Voibe expands inline — fix words it consistently mishears, shorten URLs and emails, and store reusable prompts. Stored entirely on your Mac.
- Developer Mode Voice dictation for Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf. Voibe scans your workspace locally and resolves file names, folder paths, and identifiers — and attaches files to AI chats when you mention them.
- Spoken Punctuation Say punctuation and symbols by name and Voibe types them as you dictate — commas, brackets, @, math signs, currency, and full email addresses. Runs on your Mac, instantly.
Privacy & compliance
- Privacy Overview On-device or zero-retention cloud — your choice. Either way your audio is never stored, sold, or used to train AI. What that means and what we collect to run your account.
- How On-Device Dictation Works The technical pipeline: how audio flows from your microphone to text, why Apple Silicon's Neural Engine matters, and what "on-device" actually means versus other "on-device" claims.
- HIPAA-Friendly Dictation For healthcare professionals — why Voibe's on-device architecture fits clinical workflows, what we don't offer (BAA, certifications), use cases, and what to confirm with your compliance team.
- Voibe for Legal Work For lawyers and privileged work — why architecture matters more than policy, attorney-client privilege, NDA-bound work, custom legal vocabulary, and what to confirm with your firm.
- GDPR Compliance For EU and UK users — what we process and why, legal bases, your rights under UK and EU GDPR, international transfers, and how to exercise them.
Account & support
- Frequently Asked Questions Quick answers on offline use, battery impact, whether Voibe is always listening, developer tools, changing the hotkey, and using it for medical or legal work.
- Troubleshooting Fixes for the most common Voibe issues — hotkey not working, no audio detected, poor accuracy, the app won't launch, and AirPods or Bluetooth problems.
- Plans & Billing Free, Pro Monthly, Pro Annual, Lifetime, and Team — what each plan includes, how billing works through LemonSqueezy, plus refund policy and license management.