SayKuku
简体中文 · Download · Setup guide (Chinese) · Privacy (Chinese)
Promotional illustration. Actual app screenshots are below.
SayKuku is a free, native macOS voice app. Press Fn to dictate at the cursor; press Fn twice to tell Voice Agent what you need. Ask a question, draft text, or follow up without selecting anything; select text when you want it rewritten or translated. It uses Qwen cloud models, so you bring your own Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API key and pay any model charges on your account.
Two ways to speak
| Gesture | What happens |
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| Fn | Voice Input transcribes speech and tries to insert the result at the original cursor. Choose hold-to-talk or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop. Adjust language, number formatting, and spoken-word cleanup in Settings. |
| Fn Fn | Voice Agent uses your request and the context you allow to draft text, answer a question, or follow up without a selection, or rewrite and translate selected text. It checks the original target before writing. Running a Shortcut requires confirmation; opening a link or searching the web requires confirmation when untrusted context is involved. |
You can also use configurable global shortcuts. The defaults are ⌃⌘V for Voice Input and ⌃⌘A for Voice Agent. A single modifier can start Voice Input, and Voice Agent can use a double tap of that same key. Writing into another app depends on that app's text controls; check important text before sending it.
A look at the app
Home screen from a signed development build. The interface is shown in Simplified Chinese.
Privacy settings from a development build. These are real UI screenshots; the image notes describe their source and limits.
Get started
You need macOS 14 or newer, an internet connection for Qwen processing, and your own Qwen API key. Model usage may incur charges.
- Download the signed, notarized DMG and drag SayKuku into Applications.
- Open the app and allow Microphone and Accessibility access when guided. Accessibility supports Fn and single-modifier gestures, reading an allowed selection, and writing to another app.
- Choose the Qwen region that matches your API key, enter the key, and add a Workspace ID if your account uses one. The key is stored in macOS Keychain.
- Put the cursor in a text field and press Fn. Press Fn twice and ask a question to try Voice Agent—no selection needed. To rewrite text, select it first and say what to change.
If Fn conflicts with a macOS keyboard setting, follow the in-app guidance or use the configurable global shortcuts. The setup guide (Chinese) covers permissions and Qwen configuration.
More than dictation
- Memory: add names, projects, organizations, and terms; import suggestions from pasted text; or approve a correction after dictation. Review or edit saved entries in the Memory page.
- History: search, replay saved recordings, retry a failed dictation when audio exists, star entries, and delete records. Voice Agent's recent conversation stays in memory for up to 30 minutes and is cleared on quit.
- Usage: view daily, weekly, and monthly dictated characters, dictation counts, speaking time, active days, input trends, top apps, and Voice Agent uses. Only verified dictation insertions count as input; confirmed Undo adjusts the totals. Open with ⌘4.
- Control: change input style, overlay position, language, shortcuts, automatic writing, context sources, history retention, and analytics in Settings. The interface supports English and Simplified Chinese.
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