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SpatiaStuck in a meeting. Your boss sent a voice note. You're on camera.
Got a voice message
you can't listen to?
Hush transcribes it. Point at a voice message in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack or any other app on your Mac, and the transcript appears right next to it, in seconds, without playing a sound.
Message
- 1A voice message arrives
- 2Press ⌃⌥V
- 3Click the voice message
- 4Read it silently
It happens all day.
You just can't press play.
A voice message arrives at the wrong moment. Too quiet to play it, too loud to hear it, or too long to sit through.
Stuck in a meeting. Your boss sent a voice note. You're on camera.
Already on a call. Your headset is busy with one conversation. Read the other one.
In an open office. Everyone at your desk cluster would hear it.
No headphones. AirPods left at home, a quiet train, a speaker that's too loud.
Someone's asleep. The baby finally went down. Your partner just dozed off.
In class or a lecture. The professor is talking. So is your group chat.
In a waiting room. At the doctor's, and your name could be called any second.
Somewhere loud. A café, the street, a concert. You couldn't hear it if you tried.
Hard of hearing. Read every voice message, in every app, at your own pace.
A three-minute ramble. You need one detail. Skim it in five seconds.
A language you half speak. Read it slowly, then paste it into a translator.
You need it in writing. Copy the address, the time, the code. Search what was said.
Four moments, up close.
One shortcut for all of them.
Press ⌃⌥V, click the voice message, and read it. Here's what that looks like.
In a meeting
Read your boss's voice note while you're on camera.
A 0:48 voice message lands in the middle of a call. Click it and the transcript appears beside it. The chat app stays muted, so nothing plays into the meeting.
Quick one, can you drop the Q3 numbers in the doc?
Mira needs them for slide four.
Somewhere quiet
Not a sound. Not even the microphone.
A library, a sleeping baby, a partner who just fell asleep. Hush mutes just the chat app while it transcribes and never turns on the microphone, so the room stays silent.
Chat app
MusicStill playing
MicrophoneOff
Hush Listening to the chat
A long voice note
Three minutes of audio. One detail you need.
Skim the whole message in seconds, find the part that matters and copy it. Addresses, times and codes end up in writing, ready to paste.
Hey! So about Saturday, we changed a few things…
Anyway, long story, the venue moved.
New address is 14 Rustaveli Avenue, second floor.
Doors at eight. Bring the cable!
CopiedA language you half speak
Read it slowly, in Georgian, Russian and more.
Hush works with the languages your Mac can recognize. Connect your own OpenAI or Gemini key in Settings for more, including Georgian.
Georgian · via your AI key
ხვალ ექვსზე შევხვდეთ, კარგი?
მეტროსთან დაგელოდები.
Transcribes voice messages in
WhatsAppTelegramSignalSlackDiscordMicrosoft TeamsMessengerAny browser
Point. Click.
Read the transcript.
The transcript appears in about three seconds. No setup per app, no saving files, no sound.
Only voice messages light up.
A soft gray outline follows your pointer and settles on voice messages only. Text, photos and buttons are ignored, so a stray click never starts anything.
see you at 7?
Not a voice messageClick to readThe transcript, right where the message is.
It appears as message bubbles beside the voice note and stays pinned to it while you scroll. Hover to copy, × to clear.
Can you call me back after lunch?
It's about Friday.
Press to copyLocal first.
Your AI for everything else.
Hush transcribes on your Mac by default. Connect an AI provider for broader language support, or choose On this Mac to keep all transcription local.
On-device
Transcribed on your Mac
- Apple's on-device speech recognition
- Audio never leaves your Mac
- Works offline
- Free. No account, no key
Optional cloud
Your AI provider, your key
- Connect OpenAI or Google Gemini in Settings
- Broader language support, including Georgian
- Key stays in your Keychain, sent only to that provider
- Your provider bills you for cloud usage
Playing it out loud works.
Until it doesn't.
HushPlaying it out loud
Nobody around you hears it
Works in meetings, libraries and late at night
Skim it in two seconds
Copy what was said
Works in any app
Quiet by design.
Private by default.
Hush only hears what you point at, only while it plays.
GeneralNotificationsPrivacy & SecurityDesktop & Dock
Privacy & Security
AccessibilityTo find the voice message under your pointer
Screen & System Audio RecordingTo hear the message while only that app is muted
MicrophoneNever requested
- Never your microphoneNo orange dot. AirPods stay in music mode.
- You start each captureHush captures audio when you ask it to transcribe.
- Audio stays on your Mac by defaultWhen Hush uses a connected cloud provider, it sends the audio directly to that provider.
- Your keys, your KeychainVerified once, stored on this Mac, sent only to their provider.
Questions
Which apps can it transcribe?
Hush listens to audio playing on your Mac. Try it with WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack or a voice message in your browser. If Hush can't find the play button, use Transcribe Whatever’s Playing from the menu bar.
Can I use Hush offline?
Yes. Choose On this Mac in Settings. Apple’s speech recognition supports English and other languages from your Mac’s Language & Region settings. The first use may download a language model.
What about Georgian and other languages?
For more languages, including Georgian, connect your own OpenAI or Gemini key in Settings. Automatic mode uses a connected provider when available. Choose On this Mac to keep transcription local.
Is Hush free?
Yes. Download Hush and use on-device transcription for free without an account or API key. If you connect an optional cloud provider, it bills you directly for your usage.
Does it use my microphone?
No. Hush transcribes the sound the chat app plays, with only that app muted. Your microphone stays off, and AirPods never switch into call mode.
Will people around me hear it?
No. Only the app with the voice message is muted, and only while the message plays. Your music, calls and other apps keep playing as usual.
How do I install Hush?
Open the downloaded disk image, drag Hush to Applications, then open it from Applications. Hush runs in the menu bar on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 26 or later.
Can't listen?
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