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Overview

Parsaa can transcribe speech into the composer. Click the microphone button in the chat input bar, speak, and your words are transcribed and inserted as text you can edit before sending.

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How to Use

1

Click the mic

The microphone button (“Dictate message”) sits in the composer toolbar. The first time, macOS asks for microphone permission.
2

Speak

The composer shows a live waveform and a timer while recording. Click stop when you’re done, or cancel to discard.
3

Review the text

Parsaa transcribes the audio and drops the text into the composer. Edit it like any message before sending.
If you have more than one microphone, use the menu next to the mic button to pick an input device. Your choice is remembered.

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Transcription Providers

Choose how audio is transcribed in Settings → Preferences → Transcription:

Parsaa Cloud

Audio is transcribed in the cloud. Requires an internet connection. This is the default.

Apple On-Device

Transcription runs locally with Apple’s Speech framework — no network. Requires a one-time per-language model download.
With Apple On-Device, if the language model isn’t installed yet, Parsaa temporarily falls back to Parsaa Cloud so you can keep working while the model downloads.

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Permissions

Voice input needs microphone access. If it’s denied, enable it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone and re-try.