Install Voxt and download a speech model

Install Voxt and download a speech model#

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Voxt needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 15 or later. For a first install, choose the Voxt 2.0.3 release. To try the newest changes, use the Beta route below.

Download the 2.0.3 release#

Download Voxt 2.0.3 (Apple silicon)

The same package is also linked from:

  • News on the repository home page: find Voxt 2.0 and click Download. SGLang Omni News

  • The Voxt v2.0.3 release: expand Assets and click Voxt-2.0.3-arm64.dmg. GitHub Releases

  • The v2.0.3 entry of the changelog: click Download. The changelog may tag this entry Beta; take the file named Voxt-2.0.3-arm64.dmg. Voxt Changelog

Download a Beta#

Every change to Voxt merged into main builds a Beta, versioned 2.0.3-beta.YYYYMMDD.N (the date and the build number). A Beta is newer than the release and may be less stable.

The newest is Voxt Beta #40: download Voxt-2.0.3-beta.20261112.40-arm64 (about 33 MB; needs a GitHub sign-in; expires on November 26, 2026). Once it expires, or to find a newer build:

  1. Open the Voxt Beta runs. The top run with a green check on main is the newest successful build. Skip runs with a yellow dot (still building) or a red cross (failed).

  2. Open that run, scroll to Artifacts and click Voxt-…-beta.…-arm64 to download a ZIP. Artifacts are kept for 14 days.

  3. Double-click the ZIP to unzip it and open the .dmg inside. Its name contains -beta., which tells builds and releases apart.

A Beta does not update itself: to move to a newer Beta, or back to the release, download and install that .dmg.

Install and allow permissions#

  1. Open the .dmg, drag Voxt to Applications, and open Voxt from Applications. If an older Voxt is installed, quit it first, then decide whether to replace it and import its data.

  2. In the setup guide, click Get started. On the Permissions step, click Ask next to Microphone and choose Allow in the macOS prompt; click Open System Settings next to Accessibility and turn Voxt on under Privacy & Security → Accessibility. When both show Allowed, click Continue. If macOS asks you to restart Voxt, quit it and open it again from Applications.

Download a speech model#

  1. On the Model step, click Download and continue. The recommended local speech model is Qwen3-ASR 1.7B (8bit), about 2.5 GB. It downloads in the background, so you can continue the guide; it is ready when the bar fills.

  2. If you skipped the guide, open Speech models in the sidebar, find the same model under On this Mac, click Download, and wait until it shows Installed. To reopen the guide, go to Settings → General → Open setup guide.

  3. Open an empty text field, tap Right ⌥ Option, say “the meeting is tomorrow at 3 pm”, and tap Right ⌥ Option again. When the text appears at the cursor, local transcription works.

Next, set up your own API key for Translate, Rewrite and optional clean-up of transcriptions.

For agents#

Following this page, install the Voxt 2.0.3 release on an Apple silicon Mac. Download a Beta from Actions only if I ask for one. Stop and let me confirm before replacing an older Voxt, importing its data, or answering a macOS permission prompt. Download the recommended local speech model and wait until it is ready. Check that transcription works with an empty text field and a test sentence, then tell me the installed version and the result.