Comparison

Looking for a Typeless alternative?

Typeless can do a lot, but it has hard edges: recordings stop after 6 minutes, an account is mandatory, free stops at 8,000 words per week, and everything runs through the cloud. Velo has no session limit and can run entirely on your own machine. Free and unlimited.

	Velo	Typeless
Session limit	None, talk as long as you like	6 minutes per recording
Free tier	Unlimited, on-device	8,000 words per week
Works offline	Yes, with the local Whisper model	No, fully cloud-based
Audio stays on your device	Yes, in local mode your voice never leaves your Mac	No, processed on US servers
Account required	No, download and dictate right away	Yes
Pro pricing	€9 per month, or €72 per year	$12 per month billed yearly, $30 month-to-month
Self-learning dictionary	Yes, with zero added latency	No snippets or custom term list
Mixing languages mid-sentence	Yes	Yes
Platforms	macOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows	macOS and Windows

Prices and features verified in August 2026, based on Typeless's official site and documentation. Spotted something that changed? Email us and we'll fix it.

Fair is fair

What you should know before choosing.

Where Typeless is stronger

Typeless offers live translation while you dictate and can adapt tone per app. If you often dictate into languages you don't speak yourself, that's a real advantage.

Where Velo is stronger

No 6-minute cutoff, a free tier that's actually free, and a local mode where your audio never leaves your machine. Plus a dictionary that fills itself with your names and jargon, at zero cost to speed.

Questions

Common questions when switching.

Is Velo's free tier really unlimited?

Yes. You download the local Whisper model once (574 MB) and from then on you dictate free and unlimited on your own machine, offline too. No word limit, no session limit, no account.

How long can a dictation last in Velo?

As long as you like. There's no cutoff after 6 minutes; you decide when to release the key or press stop.

Why is Velo cheaper than Typeless month-to-month?

Typeless charges $30 for a single month; Velo charges €9, VAT included. Velo is built by a single developer with no investors, so the price only has to cover the costs.

Can I try Velo first?

Yes, without filling in anything: download and dictate right away, with your first ten minutes of cloud dictation free. After that you keep dictating for free with the local model, or start Pro with a seven-day free trial.

Try the difference.
No account, no limits.

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