Transcribe Health for macOS

One universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Native microphone capture, a system-wide dictation shortcut and a menu bar item, signed in with your existing account.

Download for macOS

Version: 1.1.1
Released: 11 November 2026
Size: 12 MB

See what changed in this release

Using Windows? Get the Windows version.

System requirements

macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
Apple silicon or Intel, one universal build
A microphone (built-in or USB)
Internet access to transcribe.health

Install in three steps

1
Open the disk image
Double-click the downloaded .dmg file. A window opens with the Transcribe Health icon and an Applications folder.
2
Drag it to Applications
Drag the Transcribe Health icon onto the Applications folder, then eject the disk image. You can delete the .dmg afterwards.
3
Open it and sign in
Open Transcribe Health from Applications or Spotlight. Sign in with the account you use on the web, including Google or your clinic's single sign-on.

Permissions and network access

Microphone

macOS asks for microphone access the first time you record. Native audio capture is held in memory and streamed to transcribe.health. The main and dictation WebViews use nonpersistent storage, including for local encrypted recovery drafts.

Accessibility, only for dictating into other programs

Typing a transcript into another program requires the Accessibility permission. macOS asks for it the first time you use the shortcut outside the app, and until it is granted the transcript stays inside the app. Recording inside the app does not need it.

Network

Allow HTTPS and secure WebSocket connections (port 443) to transcribe.health and its subdomains. The hosted web app also uses external services depending on the features you use: your sign-in provider (Google or clinic single sign-on), Stripe for payments and its checkout pages in your browser. Support and voice features may require their own connections. Ask support for the destinations needed for your configuration before restricting network access.

Check that it is working

1Open the app and sign in. The window shows the same home page you see on the web.
2Start a recording. The level meter moves when you speak, which confirms the microphone works.
3Click into a text field in another program, press Cmd+Shift+D, say a sentence and press it again. The text appears where your cursor was.
4While a recording is open, the menu bar icon shows a dot, so a hidden window never records without a visible sign.
5Quitting the app ends your in-app login and discards local encrypted recovery drafts. Closing the window keeps the app running in the menu bar or tray. Visits saved on the server remain available after you sign in again.

Updates

The app checks for an update each time it starts and downloads it in the background.
The update is installed the next time you open the app, never in the middle of a visit.
The app is installed per user, so updates need no administrator rights.
Every update is signed by us and the app refuses anything that is not.

Uninstall

1Quit Transcribe Health from the menu bar icon.
2Drag Transcribe Health from the Applications folder to the Trash.
3To remove its settings as well, delete the health.transcribe.desktop folder in ~/Library/Application Support.

Verify your download

Compare this value with the one your computer calculates for the file you downloaded. If they match, the file is the one we published and it arrived unchanged.

File: TranscribeHealth-1.1.1-macos-universal.dmg
SHA-256 checksum: ce9dcb9f26fe1517afb636b7377c8fae841d12c1f5bfbdfba6d73db2272bbccc

Run this in Terminal after the download finishes:

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/TranscribeHealth-1.1.1-macos-universal.dmg

Code signing

macOS downloads published on this page must be signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. macOS may ask you to confirm the first launch.