Atticus is a hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude
Atticus is a free and open-source voice assistant for macOS that lets users hold a keyboard shortcut to speak commands, which it executes by controlling windows, finding files, or reading the screen. It runs on the user's existing Claude Pro or Max plan through Claude Code, requiring no separate API key or extra cost. The app learns from repeated actions to execute them instantly without AI on…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Control your Mac with voice using your Claude plan
What you get You can transcribe and summarize meetings and launch files and windows by voice.
Executes voice-controlled macOS actions using local processing and optional Claude AI.
- Who for
- marketers, founders, support teams and operations
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Dictate commands to control apps
- Transcribe and summarize meetings
- Launch files and windows by voice
How to set it up · From the article
- Hold control+option+space and speak a command
- Release to execute; repeat to train instant shortcuts
- Enable Meeting Copilot in settings for AI summaries
Watch out Requires a paid Claude Pro or Max plan and macOS 26 or later
Not for everyone Pro or Max plan only
Key points from the news
- Atticus runs on Claude Pro or Max via Claude Code with no API key needed
- Learned shortcuts execute instantly without AI after first use
- Meeting transcripts are saved locally and can be summarized by Claude on user's plan
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