# Amical

> Open-source, local-first AI dictation app for macOS and Windows. Type 4x faster with push-to-talk dictation into any app — fast, accurate, context-aware, and private.

## Docs
- [Advanced](https://amical.ai/docs/advanced-settings): Update channel, retention, paths, machine ID, and the reset button.
- [AI formatting](https://amical.ai/docs/ai-formatting): Turn a raw transcript into punctuation, structure, and an app-appropriate tone.
- [Android quick start](https://amical.ai/docs/android-quick-start): How to install Amical for Android — public beta on Google Play.
- [Billing](https://amical.ai/docs/billing): Plans, usage, seats, invoices, and how cloud quota actually works.
- [Cloud AI models](https://amical.ai/docs/cloud-ai-models): Use Amical's hosted models — sign in, no local setup.
- [Shortcuts](https://amical.ai/docs/custom-hotkeys): The five global shortcuts Amical registers and how to rebind them.
- [Custom prompts](https://amical.ai/docs/custom-prompts): Bring your own formatting prompt — planned, not yet shipped.
- [Vocabulary](https://amical.ai/docs/custom-vocabulary): Teach Amical the words and replacements that matter to you.
- [Desktop widget](https://amical.ai/docs/desktop-widget): The floating pill that starts a hands-free recording with one click.
- [AI dictation](https://amical.ai/docs/dictation): How Amical turns your voice into text in any app.
- [Draft](https://amical.ai/docs/draft): Speak an instruction, review the generated text, then insert it. Amical Cloud only.
- [FAQ](https://amical.ai/docs/faq): The questions that keep coming up.
- [What is Amical](https://amical.ai/docs): Open-source AI dictation for macOS and Windows that runs on your machine.
- [iOS quick start](https://amical.ai/docs/ios-quick-start): How to get Amical for iPhone — currently in private TestFlight beta.
- [Labs](https://amical.ai/docs/labs): Opt into experimental features before they become defaults.
- [Local AI models](https://amical.ai/docs/local-ai-models): Run speech and language models on your own hardware.
- [MCP integrations](https://amical.ai/docs/mcp-integrations): Connect Amical to MCP-compatible tools — planned, not yet shipped.
- [Languages](https://amical.ai/docs/multi-language-support): Dictate in many languages, run the app's UI in a few.
- [Notes](https://amical.ai/docs/note-taking): Voice-first notes that live inside Amical.
- [Personalization](https://amical.ai/docs/personalisation): Per-app skills that tune how Amical formats what you say.
- [Preferences](https://amical.ai/docs/preferences): Launch behaviour, dock visibility, sound, theme, and UI language.
- [Desktop quick start](https://amical.ai/docs/quick-start): Install Amical, grant permissions, and dictate your first sentence.
- [Snippets](https://amical.ai/docs/snippets): Trigger phrases that expand to longer text while you dictate.
- [Team](https://amical.ai/docs/team): Invite teammates, manage roles, and run Amical as an organization.
- [Telemetry](https://amical.ai/docs/telemetry): What Amical collects, how to turn it off.
- [History](https://amical.ai/docs/transcription-history): Every dictation Amical has done, with audio you can replay.

## Optional
- [Full documentation as plain text](https://amical.ai/llms-full.txt)