Murmur
Use cases
Students

For students

Talk the essay onto the page.

Hold right ⌘ and explain your argument. Clean text lands in Google Docs, Word or Notion, and it runs on your Mac, so it works offline.

Download for Mac Buy · $19

2,000 words freeNo accountmacOS 14 or later

Essay draft

Why the treaty failed

The main argument is that the treaty failed because neither side trusted the enforcement mechanism.

Types straight into

Google Docs
Word
Pages
Notes
Safari
+Any app with a text field

Where typing gets in the way.

Starting is the slow part

You can explain the argument to a friend in two minutes but can’t write the first paragraph in twenty.

Another monthly fee

Cloud plans bill every month for a tool you mostly use around deadlines.

Library Wi-Fi drops

Cloud dictation stops when the connection does.

Say it messy.
Get it clean.

Hold right ⌘, talk the way you think, let go. Murmur drops the fillers, applies your corrections and types the result at your cursor.

You say

“so the main argument is that um the treaty failed because neither side trusted the enforcement mechanism”

Murmur types in Google Docs

The main argument is that the treaty failed because neither side trusted the enforcement mechanism.

You say

“uh the border question ~~actually~~ came later, ~~so, so~~ it can’t be the cause”

Murmur types in Google Docs

The border question came later, so it can’t be the cause.

Illustrations of AI polish (macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence), not recorded transcripts. Results vary with your voice and microphone.

Built for how students work.

Talk first, edit second

Fillers out, punctuation in. Don’t stop to fix sentences.

~~so um~~ the treaty failed ~~like~~ because neither side trusted itThe treaty failed because neither side trusted it.

Authors and terms, spelled right

Add them to the Dictionary once.

FoucaultmitochondrialHabermas

Fix a clumsy paragraph

Select it, hold right ⌥, say what to change. macOS 26.

⌥ “make this clearer”The reason the treaty did fail was trust, which neither side had.The treaty failed because neither side trusted the other.

Study group notes, no bot

Who said what on Zoom, Teams or Meet, written on your Mac.

Zoom call · notes on this MacYou Let’s ship Friday.Them I’ll send the draft tonight.

Works offline in the library

Dictation keeps going when the Wi-Fi doesn’t.

Airplane ModeStill dictating

Your drafts are transcribed on your Mac.

Speech recognition runs on your Mac, so it works offline and Murmur doesn’t upload what you say. Google Docs still saves to Google, and needs a connection to do it. If your course restricts AI writing tools, use Verbatim style, which writes exactly what you said.

Speech recognized on your Mac
Works in Airplane Mode
No account to try

How it compares.

Mac dictation options for students, October 2026
	Murmur	Wispr Flow
Price	$19 once	$6/month, yearly
Removes fillers	✓	✓
Works offline	✓	–
Notes on calls	On your Mac	In the cloud
Speech processed	On your Mac	Wispr’s cloud

Details from each maker’s site, October 2026. Wispr Flow’s student plan is 3 months free, then billed yearly. Murmur covers up to 3 Macs, with a 7-day refund.

Where it falls short.

Better you hear it here than after you buy.

Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later

Older Intel MacBooks can’t run it.

AI cleanup needs macOS 26

On macOS 14 and 15 you get accurate speech recognition and rule-based tidying.

No lecture files, no iPhone

It can’t transcribe a recording you already have, and there’s no iPhone or iPad app.

It won’t write the essay

It types what you say; the thinking is still yours.

Questions

Is it allowed to dictate essays?

Dictating your own words is like typing them, and it’s a common accessibility adjustment. AI cleanup is a grey area for some courses: it removes fillers and fixes punctuation, and voice editing can rephrase. If your course restricts AI writing tools, check the rules, or use Verbatim style, which writes exactly what you said.

Can Murmur record and transcribe lectures?

It can take notes on a conversation in the room when you press ⌃⌥M, with a summary on macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence. Many universities require the lecturer’s permission to record, so ask first. It can’t transcribe a lecture recording you already have as a file.

Is there a student discount?

No. Murmur is $19 once for everyone, which is less than most student plans cost in a semester, and it covers up to 3 Macs. There’s a 7-day refund if it doesn’t work for you.

Does it work in Google Docs?

Yes. Murmur types at the cursor in Google Docs in any browser, including Safari, where Docs’ own voice typing isn’t offered. It works offline too, though Docs itself needs a connection to save.

Can I dictate in more than one language?

Yes. Pick the languages you speak in Settings and the Parakeet or Whisper model hears which one you’re using each time. Whisper covers 99 languages. AI cleanup works in the languages Apple Intelligence supports; in others, Murmur tidies text with its own rules.

Can I save an idea without a document open?

Yes. Hold right ⌘ with no text box selected and the dictation is kept on Murmur’s Notes page, so an idea between classes isn’t lost. For study groups, tell people you’re taking notes.