<p>I've been typing for 20 years. I'm fast. I make few mistakes. And still I was often exhausted after an hour of writing — not mentally, but physically. Shoulders, neck, wrists.</p>
<p>Then I tried Mundwerk. And I've been typing significantly less ever since.</p>
<h2>What is Mundwerk?</h2>
<p>Mundwerk is a small app that hides in the macOS menu bar. No dock icon, no large window. Just press <kbd>⌥Space</kbd>, speak, done. The text appears directly where the cursor is — whether in Notion, in Mail, in VS Code, or in a terminal.</p>
<p>The special part: speech recognition runs entirely locally on the Mac. No cloud upload, no internet connection required, no privacy concerns.</p>
<h2>The first 10 minutes</h2>
<p>Installation takes two minutes. After that, briefly setting up the hotkey and you're done. On the first test, I was surprised how fast recognition is — and how accurate. Even technical terms that Apple Dictation regularly gets wrong (<em>repository</em>, <em>pull request</em>, <em>GDPR</em>) came out flawlessly.</p>
<p>The visual feedback — a teal glow at the screen edge as soon as Mundwerk is actively listening — makes the decisive difference compared to Apple's built-in dictation. You know immediately: the app is listening.</p>
<h2>After one month</h2>
<p>Today I use Mundwerk for:</p>
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<li><strong>Emails:</strong> first draft always by voice, then a quick revision</li>
<li><strong>Slack messages:</strong> long explanations I just speak</li>
<li><strong>Notes:</strong> ideas that come to me on the move, dictated immediately</li>
<li><strong>Commit messages:</strong> yes, really. Surprisingly handy.</li>
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<p>My typing load has dropped by an estimated 30 %. My neck has stopped complaining.</p>
<h2>What I had underestimated</h2>
<p>The learning function. Mundwerk remembers corrections. If I correct a word twice, it's usually recognised correctly the third time. After a month, the personal vocabulary is noticeably more precise.</p>
<p>Equally underestimated: the system-wide integration. Mundwerk works in <em>any</em> application — terminals, web forms, native apps, Electron apps. Where Apple Dictation sometimes goes silent, Mundwerk types reliably.</p>
<h2>What still needs improvement</h2>
<p>Mundwerk is exclusively for macOS on Apple Silicon — no iOS, no Windows, no Intel Mac. Anyone working cross-platform will still need to type.</p>
<p>Also: the product is still young. There's no large community, no plugin ecosystem. Anyone looking for a mature power-user solution with a thousand settings is better off with Superwhisper.</p>
<h2>Verdict after one month</h2>
<p>Mundwerk hasn't changed my entire workflow. But it has taken over a measurable part of it — smoothly, without cloud, without subscription. At €14.99 (currently €8.99 with code <code>LAUNCH</code> until 2026-06-19) it's exceptional value.</p>
<p>My tip for getting started: dictate consistently for emails and notes for three days. After that, going back to typing only feels difficult.</p>
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