al·che·mist /ˈælkəmɪst/ noun — voice-to-text superpowers.

Think out loud. Write at the speed of thought.

Turn your voice into beautiful text in every app. Works on every desktop on earth, online or offline.

Average words dictated per user1,624,079
Average time saved per week19 hours
Why Alchemist 

Save 10 hours every week. 

Write 4x faster in every app you already use. 

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To:Robert Angier
Subject:The apparatus
Mr. Angier, I have completed the apparatus you commissioned. The transportation effect is operational and ready for demonstration at your convenience. Sincerely, Nikola Tesla
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Built for every desktop on earth 

BUILT FOR YOU 

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Who it's for

Superpowers for writers

Blank pages can't survive someone who talks this much.

Developers 

A new species of developer tool. 
Your terminal is listening. Finally, someone is. 

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❯ Can you update to fire the whole bullet? The handler in is only sending the casing
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Updating config to fire the whole bullet. That's 65% more bullet per bullet.
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Bring your own history

BYOH. Pull your entire dictation history in from any third-party voice app. Your words belonged to you the whole time — now they live like it.

Every device, one memory

4,000 encrypted thoughts per second across MacBook, Windows, Linux. End-to-end encrypted — the server never reads a word.

Leave whenever you want

One click, every word, standard formats. No lock-in, no ransom. The exit door is part of the product.

Privacy 

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Meeting notes: Q2 roadmap
Attendees: Tom, Sarah, James
Launch the desktop app by the end of March.
Windows ships simultaneously with Mac.
Mobile waitlist opens two weeks after launch.
• Finalize the onboarding flow
• Write the release announcement
roadmap · launch · mobile waitlist
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ALL WORDS ARE EQUAL.

but yours are more equal than others.

175 hidden achievements that show up when you least expect them. Just use the app. We'll handle the confetti.

Orwell's Farm
Austen's Pride
TED Talk
Look Mom, No Wifi
Time Traveler
There and Back Again
The Stenographer
Orwell's Farm
Austen's Pride
TED Talk
Look Mom, No Wifi
Time Traveler
There and Back Again
The Stenographer
Orwell's Farm

Orwell's Farm

You dictated 30,000 words — the length of Orwell's Animal Farm. All words are equal, but yours are more equal than others.

Austen's Pride

Austen's Pride

You dictated 122,000 words — the length of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It is a truth universally acknowledged that you talk a lot.

TED Talk

TED Talk

You dictated for 3 minutes without stopping. Long enough for a short-form TED Talk. Ideas worth spreading.

Look Mom, No Wifi

Look Mom, No Wifi

You turned off your wifi and Alchemist kept listening. No server. No cloud. No leaks. Just your mic, your machine, and a whole lot of "told you so."

Time Traveler

Time Traveler

You saved 500 hours not typing. Three months of full-time work, reclaimed. You're bending time.

There and Back Again

There and Back Again

You dictated 95,000 words — the length of Tolkien's The Hobbit. There and back again, one word at a time.

The Stenographer

The Stenographer

From here on, every dictation writes itself to your vault the moment you finish. No button. No thought. Just a quiet, automatic scribe getting it all down forever — from your voice to your vault.

Pricing 

Cheaper than typing. 

Try Pro free for 15 minutes. No account needed. 

FIG 3.0 — FOREVER.
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Capture everything, forever.

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Teams

Alchemist for the whole crew.

SeatsCustom
InvoiceOne
SupportA human
Bring the team.[email protected]
Support 

First class support. 

You know, I'm something of a bug reporter myself. 

Report a Bug

"You know, I'm something of a bug reporter myself."

Bug report

Anonymous device info, logs, and your description of the bug.

Device informationCPU, GPU, memory, OS, battery state
App logsRecent app activity. Short rolling log — file immediately after you notice a bug.
What happened?In one sentence, what were you trying to do, and what happened instead?
(Bonus points: dictate it.)
Send bug report
FAQ 

Frequently Awesome Questions 

Where curiosity meets clarity, and confusion goes to die. 

One shortcut to rule them all. 

Even the smallest keyboard shortcut can change the course of your workday. 

Speak, friend, and enter.Get 23 workdays back every year just by talking.

Free to try. No account needed.

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