Mach guides

Dictation and live translation for Mac.

Product news and practical guides for speaking, listening, and working across languages with Mach.

Product launch

Introducing the fastest real-time translation: Mach Live Translate

Mach translates calls, interviews, videos and live streams into readable captions. In our internal test, translations appeared in 0.47 seconds on average.

Live Translation Benchmark 2026

Live Translation Benchmark 2026: Mach Reaches 0.47s Average Latency

Based on current published market benchmarks and our internal testing, Mach recorded the fastest live translation latency in our comparison at 0.47 seconds on average.

Quick-start examples

10 Mach dictation examples: what to say and what you get

Practical Mach examples for email, notes, VS Code, Cursor, multilingual dictation, Hinglish, Romaji, and exact formatting commands.

Developer workflow

A practical voice-dictation workflow for coding

Use voice to give coding agents context, think through bugs, and draft technical updates without trying to dictate punctuation-heavy code.

Privacy and architecture

What happens to your audio when you dictate with Mach?

A plain-language walkthrough of capture, transcription, optional polishing, pasting, and the metadata Mach keeps.

Practical limits

When AI dictation needs a second look

A practical guide to names, code, noisy rooms, missing context, app permissions, and the moments when typing remains better.