FluidVoice vs Google AI Edge Eloquent

FluidVoice

• Mac users who want free dictation that stays on the device
• AI text cleanup without a cloud account or API key
• Developers dictating prompts into terminals and code editors

Google AI Edge Eloquent

• English speakers who want free dictation with no usage limits
• People who want speech processed on their own device
• iPhone users drafting text to paste into other apps

FluidVoice

• Mac only for now: iPhone and Windows versions are listed as coming soon, with a waitlist.
• It requires macOS 15.0 or later, and Intel Macs are limited to the Whisper and Apple Speech models.
• Fluid Intelligence is a separate, privately maintained runtime and is not part of the open-source code.
• Choosing OpenAI, Groq or another cloud provider for enhancement sends text off the Mac.

Google AI Edge Eloquent

• English is the only officially supported language.
• It is offered for iPhone, iPad and Mac only; Google says it is still evaluating other platforms.
• On iOS it is a standalone app that copies text to the clipboard; the App Store listing says a keyboard is coming soon.
• Some advanced optional features require the cloud, according to the App Store listing.

FluidVoice

System-wide dictation

Hold one global hotkey and speak, and the text is typed into any text field through macOS accessibility APIs. A live preview overlay shows words as they are recognized.

On-device speech models

Nemotron Speech 3.5, Parakeet, Cohere Transcribe, Apple Speech and Whisper models run locally. Language coverage depends on the model, from English only up to 99 languages with Whisper.

Fluid Intelligence

An optional local AI runtime, about a 3.5 GB download, runs the Fluid-1 model to strip filler, fix capitalization and format text with no cloud service or API key.

Write Mode and Command Mode

Write Mode drafts new text or rewrites a selection in any text field. Command Mode launches apps, runs shortcuts and triggers system actions by voice.

Per-app prompts

Assign different prompt sets to different apps so the tone follows the context, for example casual in Slack and formal in Mail.

Optional cloud AI enhancement

Post-processing can instead use OpenAI, Groq or a custom provider with your own API key, which is stored in the macOS Keychain.

Google AI Edge Eloquent

On-device transcription

Speech-to-text runs on open-weight, Gemma-based models on the device, so dictation works without a server connection and audio stays local.

Automatic text polish

Removes filler such as "um" and "uh" along with mid-sentence self-corrections, and outputs the sentence you meant instead of a verbatim transcript.

Text styles

Google's product page says the app can turn what you dictate into different text styles, in addition to the standard cleaned-up output.

Personal dictionary

Builds an editable vocabulary list from the words you use. You can optionally connect a Google account so terms from data such as Gmail are added, processed on the device.

Clipboard workflow on iOS

On iPhone and iPad it runs as a standalone app: you speak, the cleaned-up text is copied to the clipboard automatically, and you paste it where it is needed.

FluidVoice

• FluidVoice$0

  The full Mac app with every speech model, Write and Command modes and optional Fluid Intelligence. GitHub Sponsors support is optional.

Google AI Edge Eloquent

• Google AI Edge Eloquent$0

  The complete app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with on-device transcription, automatic text polish and a personal dictionary.