Raw + final
Both versions, always
What the speech model heard and what cleanup produced sit side by side. If the polish got creative, the original is one click away, not gone.
Feature
Nothing is
thrown away.
Cleanup is a model, and models are sometimes wrong. So every dictation keeps its raw transcript next to the polished result: searchable, replayable and re-processable on your Mac, for as long as you choose.
What’s kept
A paper trail you control.
Audio too
Replay the moment
Dictation audio is archived on your Mac as compressed FLAC. Play it back when the transcript alone can’t settle what you actually said.
Reprocess
Second chances for old takes
Re-run any past dictation through a different mode or an upgraded model. Yesterday’s meeting ramble can become today’s clean notes.
Fast at scale
Built for years of use
Search and retention are benchmarked against a 100,000-row local history. The app stays instant even when your archive isn’t small.
The fine print
- History lives only on your Mac — it is as backed up as your Mac is. Time Machine covers it; Velora does not phone it anywhere.
- Delete All means it: every saved transcript and archived audio clip is permanently deleted.
- Retention is configurable; bulk selection and structured export are still on the roadmap.
Free. Open source. Local.
Stop typing. Keep writing.
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