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u/criatvt 5 hours ago Lifetime

Ploca: offline dictation for Mac that keeps up when you switch between English and Hindi or Tamil

Hi, I am Aasif, the developer of Ploca LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aasifiqbalj Contact: hey\[at\] ploca\[dot\]app **Problem** 1. Most dictation apps don't handle the way many Indians actually talk, switching languages mid-sentence: "Kal ki meeting shift kar do, I'll send the deck tonight." 2. In cloud dictation tools, privacy is a setting, not the default. Your voice goes to a server, and you may have to opt out of it being used for training. Ploca solves both. It transcribes on your Mac and writes clean text at your cursor in any app. Your audio is never stored, not even on your Mac. Hold a key, speak, let go. **Comparison** \- Wispr Flow: polished, but cloud-based. Your voice is sent to their servers, and on individual plans model training is a setting you turn off. Ploca has no cloud path at all, works offline, and doesn't ask for Screen Recording or Input Monitoring (Microphone and Accessibility only). It's tuned for Hinglish and Tanglish, and it leaves your words as you said them instead of rewriting them. \- Superwhisper: a great app with local and cloud models, $8.50/mo or $250 lifetime. Ploca is local only, with no cloud option at all, and costs $15 once, or $30 lifetime at launch. There's no AI rewriting step either: what you say is what appears. And it's tuned for English mixed with Hindi or Tamil in the same sentence. Privacy: audio is held in memory and never written to disk. No analytics, no crash reporter. The only network calls are a launch check, a daily update check, licence validation if you buy, and the one-time model download. **Pricing** 7-day free trial, no email or card. Launch prices for the first licences of each plan: \- Monthly $3 (then $6) \- Standard $15 once, a year of updates, two Macs (then $30) \- Lifetime $30 once, two Macs (then $60) Website: https://ploca.app Privacy: https://ploca.app/privacy.html Terms: https://ploca.app/terms.html Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 26 or later.
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