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Bedrock Dictate
vs Handy.

Handy is a free, open source app for Windows, Mac and Linux: press a shortcut, speak, and it pastes what you said into the box you are in. Like Bedrock Dictate it runs on your own computer. Bedrock Dictate adds editing, your own words, snippets and styles on top.

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Bedrock Dictate

Speech becomes text: On your PC
Without internet: Yes, once set up. Sign in at least once every 30 days.
Paid plan: Pro $9.99 a month, or $95.88 a year ($7.99 a month)

The other app

Handy

Speech becomes text: On your PC
Without internet: Yes, transcription runs on your computer
Paid plan: None. Donations are welcome.

Checked 28 October 2026 against the Handy open source project’s own website. Other product names belong to their owners.

Which one suits you?

Choose Bedrock Dictate if

Auto-edit takes out the ums, fixes punctuation and keeps your correction, on your PC.
Your own words, learned from your list or your Obsidian vault.
Snippets and a writing style for each app.
Stats, settings that follow you to a new PC, and a support team that replies.

Choose Handy if

Free for good, with no limit.
Open source, so anyone can read and change the code.
Works on Mac and Linux too.
A choice of speech models, including your own.

Where your
voice goes.

Handy and Bedrock Dictate both turn your speech into text on your own computer, so with either one your voice stays with you. The difference is what happens next: Bedrock Dictate can tidy your words with Auto-edit, also on your PC.

Bedrock Dictate is built local first. Your dictation history is saved on your PC, and your vocabulary, snippets and styles are backed up to your account so they follow you to a new PC. Your recordings and your words are never part of that.

Bedrock Dictate

Your voiceYour PCYour text

Handy

Your voiceOn your PCYour text

Feature by feature.

Bedrock Dictate compared with Handy, checked October 2026
Feature	Bedrock Dictate	Handy
Where your speech becomes text	On your PC	On your PC
Works without internet	Yes, once set up. Sign in at least once every 30 days.	Yes, transcription runs on your computer
Where your dictations are kept	Your dictation history is saved on your PC and never uploaded. Vocabulary, snippets and styles are backed up to your account.	Stays on your computer
Free plan	30 minutes of dictation a week, all features	Free and open source (MIT licence)
Paid plan	Pro $9.99 a month, or $95.88 a year ($7.99 a month)	None. Donations are welcome.
Platforms	Windows 10 and 11	Windows, Mac, Linux
Languages	English	Depends on the model you pick. Parakeet V3 detects the language automatically.
Automatic editing (fillers, punctuation)	Yes, Auto-edit, runs on your PC (optional)	An optional post-processing setting, not described on its website
Custom vocabulary	Yes, or learned from your Obsidian vault on your PC	Not described on its website
Snippets (spoken shortcuts)	Yes	No
Writing style per app	Yes	No
Setup	Install, sign up, one-time speech model download. No voice training.	Install and pick a speech model (Whisper or Parakeet)

Sources

Facts about other products come from their makers’ own websites and were checked on 28 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars before tax. Plans change, so check the links below for the latest. If something here is out of date, email support@madebybedrock.com and we will fix it.