Freeway is a completely free, privacy-first voice-to-text dictation app for Mac in 2026. Press a hotkey, speak naturally, and text inserts instantly into any app or website—no internet, no cloud, fully on-device using optimized NVIDIA Parakeet v3 model via Apple Neural Engine/CoreML. Supports 25+ languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, etc.), runs lightning-fast on Apple Silicon, zero data leaves your Mac. Ideal for writers, students, parents/kids/grandparents wanting frictionless, eco-friendly dictation without subscriptions.