# Arion

On-device voice input for Mac and Windows that types Chinese, English, or both at your cursor.

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Website: https://arion.astrafoundry.si/

- Category: [Voice input](https://softbests.com/category/voice-input)
- Pricing: Free
- Platforms: macOS, Windows
- Underrated

## Best for

People who dictate in Chinese and English at work and do not want their audio sent to a cloud service.

## Why it deserves attention

Press Option-Space in any app and speak; Arion recognizes the speech on the device, keeps a draft in a floating pill, and types only the finished sentence where the cursor is. It handles Chinese and English in the same sentence, works offline after a one-time model download, learns from corrections with encrypted on-device storage, and includes an offline Pinyin input method. Optional local or connected models can polish wording, and the app and relay are AGPL-3.0 with a self-hosting path. The trade-off is that it is still at version 0.1.1, the Windows build is a preview, and hosted sync is not generally available yet.

## Can replace

- [Wispr Flow](https://softbests.com/software/wispr-flow)

## Related and alternatives

- [Superwhisper](https://softbests.com/software/superwhisper)
- [MacWhisper](https://softbests.com/software/macwhisper)