hit record
screeni
recordings that look edited - without editing
The zoom follows your cursor, and you cut the video by deleting words from its transcript.
auto-zoomedit by transcriptauto-captionsMP4 · 60 fps
Eight tools in one desktop app. Nothing leaves your computer.
paid once · no account · works offline
the bar
Dictate, record, focus or take meeting notes without leaving the app you're in.
one app, paid once
dictate and the quick file tools are free. One key unlocks every other tool, for good.
01 · the owntools toolkit
browse by job
Speak, and it types where your cursor is.
cursor
the next clear thought lands right here.|
Catch the idea before it slips away.
launch notes
Any call, transcribed as it happens.
them · 00:12
can we lock the pricing this week?
you · 00:19
yes - one price, paid once.
Drop in a file, get the text.
- local engine -
reviewable transcript
timed text · ready to export
Four of them up close.
hit record
screeni
The zoom follows your cursor, and you cut the video by deleting words from its transcript.
cursor typing while you speak
the next clear thought lands right here, a few words behind your voice|
ctrl + shift + space
dictate
One hotkey turns your voice into text in any app - about four times faster than typing.
can we lock the pricing this week?
yes - one price, paid once. I'll send the page tonight.
and the mac build? half the team is on|
after: summary · decisions · to-dosnothing uploads
any call, any app
meet
Transcribes any call as it happens, tells you apart from them, and writes the summary and to-dos at the end.
C: · 64.2 GB scanned14.1 GB in quick wins
where did it all go
disk
A map of your drive that finds duplicates and old caches, and only ever moves files to the Recycle Bin.
all eight tools, on your own machine
dictate and the quick file tools are free. One key unlocks every other tool, for good.
intelligence
One language model on your device, shared by every tool.
Settings → Intelligence
installedpurpose · meeting summary
Decided: one price, paid once. To-do: send the pricing page tonight; ask about the invoice.|
this month offline mode: off
0 B
left this machine
A privacy receipt
See every network request the app makes, and why. Offline mode blocks them all.
Small automations
Rules like: save every meeting as Markdown. Set once, then forget.
Sync without an account
Sync through a folder you already use, like Dropbox or iCloud Drive. Recordings and keys never sync.
quick tools
Convert and transcribe files on your device, with nothing uploaded.
YouTube → transcript
Captions from YouTube, or whisper on this device.
Or run whisper on the audio
Transcribes the audio track (3.3 MB) on this device.
[00:00:01] So the whole idea was to keep every file on the machine it
[00:00:07] was made on. No upload step, no account, nothing to cancel.
[00:00:14] That is the part people keep writing in about.
everything you make stays yours
dictate and the quick file tools are free. One key unlocks every other tool, for good.
beep boop
Press the hotkey, speak, and the text appears in whatever app has your cursor.
Welcome back!
Opus 5 · Claude Team · owntools
~/dev/yourapp
Run /init to create a …
settings-view.tsx · 2h ago
In @settings-view.tsx add a dark mode toggle under the language picker, save the choice in the prefs store, and follow the system theme until someone picks one. Then update the settings tests.
…spoken, not typed - on screen 3.4 s after I stopped talking
Added the toggle to the settings view and persisted the choice in the prefs slice.
✓ 3 files changed · 12 tests passing
speed
keyboard
38wpm
still typing
so I went back through the recording and|
You stop to fix typos mid-thought.
your voice
150wpm
Fillers removed, punctuation added. Offline.
no account, no cloud, no renewal
dictate and the quick file tools are free. One key unlocks every other tool, for good.
free tools
Free in the desktop app, no sign-up.
I needed four apps to get through a working day: dictation, screen recording, notes and a focus timer.
Four logins, four monthly bills, and each one sent my voice or my screen to a server.
owntools does all of it on your own computer. No account, it works offline, and everything you make stays a file you own.
Missing something? Write to me - I read every message.
szymon - building owntools
the math
The cheapest yearly plan of each, for one person.
| the job | the subscription | in owntools | $ / year |
|---|---|---|---|
| dictationdictate | Superwhisper Pro | dictate | 84.99 |
| screen recording with auto-zoomscreeni | FocuSee Standard | screeni | 49.99 |
| editing video by editing textscreeni · script | Descript Hobbyist | screeni · script | 192.00 |
| transcribing filestranscribe | TurboScribe Unlimited | transcribe | 120.00 |
| meeting notesmeet | Otter Pro | meet | 99.96 |
| scheduling postssocial | Typefully Creator | social | 99.00 |
| screenshotscapture | Snagit | capture | 39.00 |
| whiteboardboard | Excalidraw+ | board | 72.00 |
| focus musicfocus · sounds | Brain.fm | focus · sounds | 99.99 |
| PDF toolsquick tools | Smallpdf Pro | quick tools | 108.00 |
| total, 10 annual plans | 964.93 | ||
owntools · all ten, in one app
no renewal · next year the ten plans cost another $964.93
pricing
dictate and the quick file tools are free, for good. One key unlocks every other tool.
dictation and file tools, no time limit
$0
yours forever, no subscription
once$15
the first 10 keys
$25
the next 20 keys
$39
every key after that
Every step buys the same key, with every future update.
support
Anyone who works on a screen - students, teachers, writers, support teams, developers. No job title required.
Eight tools: dictate, screeni (screen recording), meet (call transcripts), focus, board (whiteboard), social (post scheduler), disk (drive cleanup) and launch (link to video), plus fourteen quick file tools.
Yes. There is no account, no telemetry and no cloud. Settings → Privacy lists every request the app makes, such as a model download or an update check, and offline mode blocks them all.
No. It records your mic and your speakers on your computer, so no bot joins and nothing is uploaded.
About 2.5 GB of disk and 4 GB of free RAM; a lighter model fits an 8 GB laptop. It runs on your CPU, so the first answer takes a moment. A cloud key is optional and off by default.
No. It syncs through a folder you already sync, like Dropbox or iCloud Drive. Recordings and keys never sync.
Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Dev.to and Medium. X and LinkedIn work with your own developer app, and more networks are coming.
dictate and the quick file tools are free, with no time limit. Pro unlocks every other tool - screeni, meet, focus, board, social, disk, launch and screenshots - for one payment.
Launch pricing: the first 10 keys cost $15, the next 20 keys cost $25, then $39. Every step gets the same key and the same updates.
Paste it into the app once. It is checked on your computer, with no account and no server. One key covers one computer at a time - on a new one you paste the same key. Lost it? owntools.app/key e-mails it to you again. Not for you? There is a 14-day refund, no questions asked.
Windows 10 and 11, and macOS 11 or newer on Apple Silicon and Intel. meet is Windows-only for now.
No. Dictation downloads its speech model once (about 575 MB); after that everything works offline.
Still have a question? Ask - every message gets read.
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