Voice dictation that finally understands your language
Speak the way you think, in any of 50+ languages, and get clean text back in under a second. Say it in your own language and Lipo can hand it back in English.
Lipo Voice AI is a Mac dictation app from Metly Media that turns speech in 50+ languages into clean, grammar-corrected text inside any app you can type in. It was built for people who do not think in English: it handles accents, local names, and non-English grammar that most dictation tools get wrong, and it translates as you speak, so you can talk in your own language and paste the result in English. Plans are $7.99 and $12.99 a month, it requires macOS 15.2 or later, and your dictation history stays on your Mac.
What Lipo does
Dictation is the part everyone ships. The rest of this list is why Lipo exists.
Dictation that survives your accent
Most dictation apps are fine in English and fall apart everywhere else. Names come out wrong, grammar breaks, accents get ignored. Lipo was built for the other 50+ languages first.
Translate as you speak
Say it in one language and get it back in another. Speak Bengali, Hindi, or Arabic and paste clean English, which takes a weaker second language out of the critical path.
Cleanup before it pastes
Lipo fixes grammar and punctuation on the way out, so what lands in the text field reads like something you wrote rather than something you said.
Three tones
Casual for messages, Formal for professional writing, and Vibe Coding for technical work, which keeps code and technical terms intact instead of autocorrecting them into nonsense.
Visual Brief, in beta
Record your screen, explain out loud what you need, and Lipo turns the recording into a clear, organized prompt for an AI tool. Useful when describing a bug is faster than typing it.
Custom dictionary
Teach it your brand names, client names, and the jargon your industry runs on, so the words you use most stop being the ones it gets wrong.
Built for people who don't think in English
This is the whole reason the product exists, so it is worth being specific about it.
The problem
Dictation tools are trained and tuned for English. Speak Bengali, Hindi, Arabic, or English with an accent and you get mangled names, broken grammar, and a paragraph that takes longer to fix than it would have taken to type.
What Lipo does instead
It treats those languages as the main case rather than an afterthought, corrects the grammar before it pastes, and lets you hand off in a different language than you spoke. You can think in the language you are fluent in and still send the email in English.
Lipo pricing
Both plans include unlimited dictation in every supported language. The difference is translation volume and Visual Briefs.
Pro Starter
$7.99per month
- Unlimited dictation in 50+ languages
- Real-time speed
- 20,000 translated words a month
- Screenshots and clipboard history
- 5 Visual Briefs a month
Pro Plus
$12.99per month
- Unlimited dictation in 50+ languages
- Real-time speed
- Unlimited translation
- Screenshots and clipboard history
- 20 Visual Briefs a month
Prices as published on uselipo.com. The 7-day trial gives you Pro Plus and does not ask for a card.
Privacy and permissions
Dictation software listens to you for a living, so here is exactly what that means.
Your history stays local
Dictation history, screenshots, clipboard, and recordings stay on your Mac. Transcription partners handle audio only while it is being processed, and neither they nor Lipo sell your content or train AI models on it.
Three permissions, two required
Microphone for dictation and Accessibility so it can paste into the app you are in. Screen Recording is optional and only needed for screenshots and Visual Brief.
No background watching
Lipo does not watch your screen in the background. It only uses screen access at the moment you capture or record something.
Lipo FAQ
What is Lipo Voice AI?
Lipo is a voice dictation app for Mac. You speak in any of 50+ languages and it pastes clean, grammar-corrected text into whatever app you were already typing in, in real time. It also translates as you speak, so you can talk in your own language and get the text out in another. Plans start at $7.99 a month and it requires macOS 15.2 or later.
How much does Lipo cost?
Two plans. Pro Starter is $7.99 a month and includes unlimited dictation, 50+ languages, 20,000 translated words a month, and 5 Visual Briefs. Pro Plus is $12.99 a month and adds unlimited translation and 20 Visual Briefs. There is a 7-day free trial of Pro Plus that does not ask for a card.
Which languages does Lipo support?
English plus more than 50 other languages. English is included on every plan and runs at the best speed and accuracy. The reason Lipo exists is that most dictation tools handle English well and struggle with everything else, including accents, local names, and grammar.
Can I speak one language and get English out?
Yes. Translation is built in, so you can dictate in your own language and paste the result in English or any of the 50+ supported languages. That is the feature people use to write work emails, message teammates, and prompt AI tools in a language they read better than they write.
Does Lipo work in every app on my Mac?
Yes, in any app you can type in. Lipo pastes into the field you are already focused on, which is why it needs Accessibility permission. It also needs Microphone permission for dictation, and Screen Recording only if you use screenshots or Visual Brief.
Is my dictation private?
Your dictation history, screenshots, clipboard, and recordings stay on your Mac. External partners handle transcription only momentarily while it is being processed, and neither Lipo nor those partners sell your content or use it to train AI models. Lipo does not watch your screen in the background; it only uses screen access when you capture or record.
What does Lipo require to run?
A Mac running macOS 15.2 or later. Lipo is a Mac app, so there is no Windows, iPhone, or Android version.
How fast is it?
Real time in practice. The examples on uselipo.com show a Bengali dictation corrected in 0.9 seconds and an Arabic phrase translated in 0.7 seconds, which is fast enough that you keep talking rather than waiting for it.
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Try it for a week
Seven days of Pro Plus with no card. If your first language is not English, you will know within an afternoon whether it changes how you work.
Try Lipo free for 7 days