VoxdenVoxden for Windows and Mac
One download per system. Free to use on your own machine, with Pro an upgrade from inside the app. Windows updates itself after this; a Mac needs the new download.
Windows and macOS both warn you the first time. Here is what to click.
On Windows
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Open the installer
Open Voxden-Setup.exe from your browser’s downloads. If the browser holds it back, choose Keep first.
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Click “More info”
A blue screen says Windows protected your PC. The link sits under the message.
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Click “Run anyway”
Two lines appear and a second button. Publisher reads Unknown because the installer isn’t signed yet.
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Voxden installs
You pick the folder and get a desktop shortcut. This happens once per version; updates after it arrive on their own.
On a Mac
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Drag Voxden into Applications
Open the disk image your browser saved, drop Voxden on the Applications folder, then eject the disk image.
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Open it, and click “Done”
macOS says Apple could not verify Voxden. It is the Mac version of the blue screen: the app isn’t signed with an Apple certificate yet, so there is nothing to check it against.
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Click “Open Anyway”
In System Settings, open Privacy & Security and scroll to Security. Confirm with Touch ID or your password, then click Open. On macOS 14 and earlier, right-click Voxden and choose Open instead.
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Allow the mic and Accessibility
Allow the microphone when Voxden asks. Then, in Privacy & Security, open Accessibility and switch Voxden on so it can type into other apps.
Why this happens. Voxden isn’t code-signed yet. SmartScreen is reporting that it has not seen this installer before, not that it found anything in it: with no certificate there is no publisher name to recognise, so every new version starts from zero reputation. A certificate costs more than the app earns today, so there is a live goal for it below. Until it is reached, the file here is the same one attached to the GitHub release, and these prompts appear once per version.
Updates are by hand on a Mac. A Mac app cannot replace itself unless it is signed, so Voxden tells you when a newer version is out and this page has it: download the new disk image and drag Voxden over the old copy in Applications. macOS may ask again for Accessibility or the microphone after an update, and for Open Anyway once per version. Speech models run on the Mac’s processor and dictate in English (Parakeet v3 and Whisper); Qwen3-ASR and the GPU packs are Windows-only, and Voxden Cloud on Pro works as it does on Windows.
Live goal
Help put a name on the installer.
That blue screen says “Unknown publisher” because Voxden isn’t code-signed. The certificate and the smart-card reader it lives on cost about ₹25,000. Chip in any amount and it lands on this bar the moment Razorpay confirms it. Where the money goes
What happens the first time you open it.
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Sign in
Voxden asks for an account before anything else: Google, or a code sent to your email if you would rather not use Google. The email address is the account; Google also brings your name and picture.
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Pick where your voice goes
Download a speech model to run on your own machine, on the GPU if you have one and the CPU if you don’t. Parakeet v3 is the default, and Whisper and Qwen3-ASR are there when you want more accuracy. Or, on Pro, switch Voxden Cloud on and skip the download entirely.
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Press the keys and talk
The flow bar appears wherever your cursor is. Press once to start and once more to stop, or hold both keys while you speak. The text lands in whatever you were typing in.
Ctrl+Windows to dictate
Checksums and source: every release on the GitHub release page carries the installer, its blockmap and latest.yml, the update manifest holding the installer’s SHA-512, the same file Voxden reads when it updates itself. The code is in the repository.
What you need, and what you get.
Requirements
- Windows
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Mac
- macOS 12 or later on Apple silicon (M1 or later)
- Microphone
- Built in, USB or a headset
- Graphics
- Optional. An NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPU makes local models faster; the CPU works too.
- Disk
- The app, plus 670 MB to 4.7 GB for the speech model you choose. Voxden Cloud needs none.
- Internet
- For sign-in and Voxden Cloud. Local dictation works offline.
- Account
- Free: Google, or a code sent to your email.
In the installer
- The Voxden app. You pick the folder, and it adds a desktop shortcut.
- The speech runtime that runs models on your PC.
- Updates. Voxden updates itself from its GitHub releases, so you run the installer once.
- Not the models. You choose one in the app after you sign in; Parakeet v3, 670 MB, is the default. AMD and Intel GPU support is one more download there.
To remove Voxden, uninstall it from Windows Settings, then delete its data folder to clear your history and dictionary.