SayMath for Mac
Dictation that understands math. Hold one key, talk, and let go. Your words appear wherever you are typing, and equations arrive as real equations in Google Docs, Word, Canvas and the other places students do math.
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Download for MacSayMath-0.1.0.dmg, 3.6 MB. Beta 0.1, released October 9, 2026. For macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
SayMath runs on Macs only for now. Tell us what you use and we will let you know when there is a version for it.
3. Solve for .
By the quadratic formula,
4. Find the derivative of .
By the product rule,
Typing it, or saying it
The quadratic formula, in a Google Doc.
Typing it, with every Google Docs shortcut memorized
33 keys and 2 clicks
Saying it, with SayMath
“x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of the quantity b squared minus 4 a c, all over 2 a”
About 6 seconds
The keys are the ones SayMath itself types into the Docs equation editor for this formula, so this is the fastest typing possible. Most people click through the symbol menus instead. The recording is the formula read aloud at an ordinary pace.
One sentence, four apps
You say “the derivative of x squared is two x”. SayMath checks where your cursor is and writes it the way that place understands.
The derivative of is .
The derivative of is .
Reply
The derivative of is .
What SayMath does
Dictation in every app
Hold the right Option key in any app where you can type: Messages, Mail, Slack, Canvas, Word, a browser. Talk, then let go. Your words appear with punctuation and capital letters, without the ums and false starts. Pick up in the middle of a sentence and SayMath carries on from it, with the space and small letter you would have typed.
Short sentences without math are written out on your Mac and inserted right away. For longer notes, double-tap the key and talk with your hands free until you tap it again.
You say
um can you send me the notes from today I missed the second half of class
SayMath types
Can you send me the notes from today? I missed the second half of class.
Math that stays math
Say an equation the way you would read it aloud. SayMath writes it as notation and puts it in the form the app understands. In Google Docs it builds a native equation, in Word a Word equation, and in Canvas, Gradescope or Overleaf the LaTeX they display as math. In Messages, Mail or Notes, where equations do not show, it writes them the way you would by hand: x², ½, √x.
The same goes for the rest of your science classes. “H two O” becomes , “ten to the negative seven” becomes , and Greek letters, vectors and matrices come out the way your textbook prints them.
It writes down what you say and nothing more. It never solves, simplifies or checks your work.
You say
the integral from zero to infinity of e to the negative x squared d x equals the square root of pi over two
SayMath types
You can change your mind
Nobody dictates perfectly. Say “no wait” or “I mean” and SayMath keeps only what you meant. Repeated words are cleaned up, and a spoken list like “first, second, third” becomes a numbered list.
Right after a dictation you can say “make that x cubed instead”, “scratch that”, or “read that back” to hear it with the math as words. Select any text and say “make this more formal” or “turn this into a list”, and it is rewritten in place.
You say
so the slope is m equals three, no wait, negative three
SayMath types
So the slope is .
It learns your words
Fix a name once and SayMath spells it your way from then on. Correct it right where it was typed, in History, or in the small card that holds your words when nothing was selected. The word goes into your dictionary, and the bar says so.
Fix the math too, say bold vectors or your course’s symbols, and SayMath follows your version the next time you say something like it.
Remind Sara Sarah about the lab report.
Next time you say itRemind Sarah about the lab report.
When typing is the hard part
For many students dictation is not a shortcut. A wrist in a cast, repetitive strain, dyslexia, low vision or a motor disability can make every equation slow. Everything starts from one key: double-tap it and talk with your hands free, or click the bar instead. Then say “read that back” to check the math by ear.
Disability services offices can write to support@quietspire.com about pilots for this academic year.
- Holding a keyNot needed: double-tap, or click the bar
- Checking the mathBy ear, with “read that back”
- VoiceOverCopied results and errors are announced
- MouseNot needed to dictate
Hear what was written
Say “read that back” and SayMath reads your last result aloud, with the math as words. Grouping is spoken wherever it changes the meaning, so these two formulas sound as different as they look. Select text first to hear that instead.
Check an equation without looking away from your notes, or listen when that is easier than reading.
“the square root of x, plus 1”
“the square root of x plus 1, end root”
Your voice stays on your Mac
Speech recognition runs on your Mac. Audio is never uploaded. The words of a dictation with math are sent to our server to be formatted. Unless you turn sharing off, their text is kept to make SayMath more accurate, and math dictations may be sold to other companies unless you opt out. The privacy page lists exactly what is kept.
SayMath turns itself off inside exam lockdown browsers.
- Speech recognitionOn your Mac
- Audio uploadedNever
- Text of dictationsKept to improve SayMath, unless you turn it off
- SellingMath dictations may be sold, never messages or email; opt out
- Password fieldsNever listened to
- HistoryOn your Mac, kept as long as you choose
- Works offlineYes, without math formatting
Across your classes
Each of these is what SayMath wrote for the words above it.
Calculus
the limit as x approaches zero of sine x over x equals one
Statistics
x bar equals one over n times the sum from i equals one to n of x sub i
Physics
the kinetic energy is one half m v squared
The kinetic energy is .
Chemistry
two H two plus O two gives two H two O
Probability
the probability of A given B equals the probability of A and B over the probability of B
Trigonometry
sine squared theta plus cosine squared theta equals one
Differential equations
d y d x equals k y so y equals C e to the k x
Economics
the price elasticity of demand is the percent change in quantity over the percent change in price
The price elasticity of demand is .
Supported apps
SayMath checks which app or website you are in and inserts math in the form it understands. Everywhere else it types your words, with math as LaTeX.
| Where you are typing | What SayMath inserts |
|---|---|
| Google Docs | Native equations, typed into the Docs equation editor. Matrices and piecewise functions as an image. |
| Microsoft Word | Word equations you can click into and edit |
| Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard | LaTeX in the delimiters each one renders |
| Gradescope, Piazza, Ed Discussion | LaTeX in the delimiters each one renders |
| Desmos, Khan Academy, DeltaMath, Canvas quizzes | Math typed straight into the answer box |
| Messages, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, Mail, Gmail, Outlook, Notes, Pages | Math as readable text: x², H₂O, (−b ± √(b² − 4ac))/(2a) |
| Overleaf, Obsidian | LaTeX |
| Other apps | Your words, with math as LaTeX or readable text, as you choose in Settings |
| Exam lockdown browsers | Nothing. SayMath does not run there. |
Pricing
Dictating words is free and unlimited, for good: speech recognition runs on your Mac, so it costs us nothing to give away. Pro is for math every day.
Free
$0
- Unlimited dictation of words, with fillers and corrections cleaned up
- 5 math dictations a week
- Personal dictionary, snippets and History
- All supported apps
Pro
- Unlimited math, with our most accurate model
- Editing by voice and Command Mode
- Notation that follows your corrections
- Hands-free dictation up to 20 minutes
- Monthly$12a month
- 6 months$60$10 a month
- Yearly Best value$72$6 a month, save 50%
Students pay half: $6 a month, $30 for 6 months or $36 a year. Sign in with your school email, or add it in Settings, Account.
Get Pro in the app: Settings, Account, Get Pro. Prices are in US dollars, and plans renew automatically until you cancel, which you can do any time in the app (renewal terms).
Every new Mac starts with 7 days of Pro. Invite a friend and they get a month of Pro; once they’ve used SayMath on three days, you get a month too, for every friend.
System requirements
- macOS14 Sonoma or later
- ProcessorApple silicon (M1 or later)
- Disk space2 GB, mostly the speech model
- PermissionsMicrophone and Accessibility
- InternetNeeded for math formatting
Release notes
0.1 beta October 9, 2026
- First beta.
- Dictation in any app with one key, hands free with a double tap.
- Native equations in Google Docs and Word.
- LaTeX for Canvas, Gradescope, Moodle, Overleaf and other course sites.
- Corrections, lists, snippets, a personal dictionary and 20 languages.
- Command Mode: select text and say how to change it.
- Continues the sentence before your cursor with the right spacing and capitals.
- Math in messages, email and notes arrives as readable text, like x² and ½.
- A window for your history and dictionary, and a guided setup that checks each permission.
- Learns names you correct, wherever you correct them.
- Never loses a dictation: with no text box selected, your words wait in a small card, already copied.
- Mutes your Mac’s speakers while it listens, so a video or song playing on them is not written down.
- Hands-free listening stops by itself after 30 seconds of quiet.
- Never listens in password fields, and keeps History only as long as you choose.
Beta access
SayMath is in beta. Leave your email and we will send you an invite to start early, before it opens to everyone.
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