# Dottie — Talk to Your Mac. Watch It Work.

An AI voice assistant for your Mac. Talk to your Mac and watch it get real work done.

[Download Dottie](https://github.com/stevederico/dottie-desktop-releases/releases/latest/download/Dottie.zip) · [Blog](https://www.dottie.ai/blog/) · [Developers](https://docs.dottie.ai/llms.txt) · [GitHub](https://github.com/stevederico/dotbot)

## Kill Your Keyboard

Four things most assistants can't do, and Dottie does all of them, for free.

- **Voice Dictation** — Hold Option+Space, speak, release. Your words type in at the cursor, in any app, instantly, with no separate window.
- **"Hey Dottie" Wake Word** — Call her hands-free. Ask a question, dictate a message, or kick off a task without touching the keyboard.
- **It Gets Things Done** — Email, calendar, messages, music, web search, app control, and screen vision, chained together to finish real work.
- **Your Model, Your Way** — Run local models on your Mac, bring your own API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Cerebras), or subscribe to Dottie Pro for keyless Grok.

## How It Works

1. **Download & Open** — Grab the .zip, unzip, and open Dottie. No account, no installer maze. It just launches.
2. **Pick a Model** — Local models on your Mac, bring your own API keys, or subscribe to Dottie Pro for keyless Grok. Pick what fits.
3. **Say "Hey Dottie"** — Speak a request. Dottie dictates, reasons, or runs the full task end-to-end, and shows its work.

## Control Your Mac With Your Voice

Free to download. Use local models, your own API keys, or Dottie Pro. Requires macOS 15.4+ on Apple Silicon.

[Download Dottie](https://github.com/stevederico/dottie-desktop-releases/releases/latest/download/Dottie.zip)

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More detail for agents: [llms.txt](https://www.dottie.ai/llms.txt)