Hold a key, speak, text appears at your cursor. Browsers, IDEs, terminals, messaging apps — everywhere.
Three steps. No complex setup.
A single command. Works on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch and more.
Press and hold your push-to-talk key from any application.
Transcribed text appears instantly at your cursor. That's it.
Start for free. Upgrade whenever you need more.
Ready in 2 minutes.
System dependencies (PulseAudio, ydotool, xclip) are installed automatically.
Alto works on X11 and Wayland. It has been tested on Ubuntu (GNOME), Fedora, Arch Linux (Hyprland, Sway, KDE), and other distributions.
Alto uses Mistral Voxtral for fast, accurate transcription in the cloud.
Yes. Creating a free account takes a few seconds and gives you 15 minutes of dictation per month at no cost.
Payments are handled by Creem, an EU-based Merchant of Record. VAT, invoices, and refunds are managed automatically. You can subscribe and manage your plan directly from the app.
Alto supports English, French, Spanish, German, and many other languages through the multilingual Voxtral model.
Yes. You can cancel your subscription at any time from the app. You'll keep access until the end of your current billing period.