# Auvin

> Auvin is an offline-first Mac dictation app and speech-to-text context layer for macOS. It helps users dictate anywhere, keep recent clipboard and capture history in a notch shelf, and point at the screen to create annotated context with speech, OCR, app awareness, and structured paste.

Auvin is best described as a private Mac dictation app, offline speech-to-text tool, voice typing utility, notch clipboard manager, and screen context capture app. Core workflows are designed for macOS 14 and later.

Important product facts:
- Product name: Auvin
- Website: https://tryauvin.com/
- Download: https://tryauvin.com/release/Auvin.dmg
- Platform: macOS
- Category: Productivity software, dictation, speech-to-text, clipboard history, screen annotation
- Privacy posture: offline-first for private voice, clipboard, screenshot, OCR, and annotation context unless the user intentionally sends content elsewhere
- Primary commands: Control for dictation, Control + Shift for Point & Annotate, Command + Shift + V for structured context paste

## Core Pages

- [Auvin homepage](https://tryauvin.com/): Product overview, download link, workflow, features, comparison context, and privacy positioning.
- [Privacy Policy](https://tryauvin.com/privacy.html): How Auvin handles dictation, clipboard history, screenshots, OCR, annotation context, website requests, and user control.
- [Terms of Use](https://tryauvin.com/terms.html): Terms for using Auvin's dictation, clipboard, annotation, OCR, and app-aware paste features.
- [Sitemap](https://tryauvin.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical indexable pages for search engines.

## Product Summary

- Private speech-to-text and voice typing for Mac.
- Dictate into any focused app.
- Custom vocabulary and voice snippets for names, jargon, templates, and boilerplate.
- Hoverable notch shelf for recent dictations, copied text, images, screenshots, and annotated captures.
- Point & Annotate captures marked screen regions with spoken notes, OCR, app/window information, selected text, browser URL when available, and annotation metadata.
- Structured paste lets users paste explanation and context instead of only inserting an image.

## Competitive Context

Auvin is positioned against generic macOS dictation, cloud dictation tools, standalone clipboard managers, and screenshot annotation utilities by combining speech-to-text, local context history, and visual annotation context in one native Mac workflow.