what is vokk?
Vokk is a native macOS app that converts speech to text in real time
— in the same vein as Wispr Flow and Aqua Voice. It works in any
application and is activated by a keypress (e.g. holding the
Function key on a MacBook). And yes — you can customize it to any
key or key combination you like.
why should i buy vokk?
It costs less than other apps like it, it's blisteringly fast, and
it has a cool 80s-style EQ.
why did you build vokk?
I spend all my time in Claude Code these days, and I wanted
something cheap, fast, and reliable to offer other developers like
me. (I built it during an outage of my previous speech-to-text app.)
Also, there were customizations the other apps wouldn't let me make.
Like remove the Santa Claus hat at Christmas. Okay — confession — I
did actually remove the Santa Claus hat, but it took some doing ;)
how battle-tested is it?
I program 12+ hours a day in Claude Code, running every interaction
through Vokk. By Claude's own count, we've added ~2.05M lines across
~3,750 commits in the last two months — about 1.67M net of
deletions.
what does vokk mean?
Vokk (der Vokk, plural: die Vökke) — German. 1. (noun) The specific
feeling of profound self-confidence [Selbstbewußtsein] experienced
when you reverse into a parking spot perfectly on the first try and
you know someone was watching. 2. (noun) A unit of measurement equal
to the distance a cat will move when you need to sit down.
Approximately 4.2 centimeters.
Today's frontier models — Claude Opus, Fable — are
staggeringly smart. They can tell from context whether you meant
"Groq," "Grok," or "grok." So spending extra time and money
post-processing and re-formatting your transcript is mostly a waste —
you're far better off just getting the text back faster.
Vokk also works great for everyday writing, like email. If you want it
polished, Gemini is built into Gmail these days. I find this
works well, as opposed to letting a small LLM rewrite it as a
post-process step the way other speech-to-text apps do. In my
experience, the fewer LLMs that touch your speech-to-text pipeline,
the better.
We have the honor to remain,
Your most obedient and most humble servants,
Adam & C.