Bolo v1.0 is here — on-device transcription, AI formatting, and auto-paste.
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बोलो
10x your dev speed.
Stop typing, start talking.
बोलो/bolo—Hindi for “speak”
Hold Option+Space to dictate. Bolo transcribes locally, formats your text, and auto-pastes anywhere. No switching apps, no clicking buttons.
Everything you need to stop typing.
Bolo lives in your menu bar. One shortcut to record, release to paste. That's the entire workflow.
Hold to dictate
Press Option+Space anywhere. No app switching, no clicking record.
Instant transcription
Runs locally on your Mac. Your words appear in under a second.
Auto-paste
Text lands exactly where your cursor is. Slack, VS Code, email — anywhere.
Save 2+ hours daily
Speak 3x faster than you type. Stop context-switching to write.
98 languages
Multilingual transcription out of the box. Speak in any language.
Private by default
Audio never leaves your Mac. Transcription runs entirely on-device.
Three seconds. That's it.
Hold Option + Space
Bolo starts recording instantly from your menu bar. No windows, no UI to manage.
Speak naturally
Talk like you normally would. Bolo handles accents, filler words, and background noise.
Release. Done.
Bolo formats your text and pastes it wherever your cursor is. No copy-paste needed.
What developers are saying
Teams and solo devs use Bolo to write faster, document more, and stop context-switching.
Alex Chen
Staff Engineer, Stripe
Replaced my entire note-taking workflow. I just talk and it's there, formatted perfectly.
Sarah Kim
Engineering Manager, Vercel
I write 3x more documentation now. Bolo removed the friction completely.
Marcus Rivera
Indie Developer
The auto-formatting is magic. It cleans up my rambling into clean prose every time.
Priya Patel
Senior SWE, Linear
I dictate Slack messages, PRs, even code comments. Bolo saves me at least an hour a day.
James O'Brien
CTO, Raycast
Our whole engineering team switched to Bolo. The local transcription means zero latency and full privacy.
Lina Zhao
DevRel, Supabase
Writing blog posts and docs used to take hours. Now I just talk through my ideas and Bolo handles the rest.
Alex Chen
Staff Engineer, Stripe
Replaced my entire note-taking workflow. I just talk and it's there, formatted perfectly.
Sarah Kim
Engineering Manager, Vercel
I write 3x more documentation now. Bolo removed the friction completely.
Marcus Rivera
Indie Developer
The auto-formatting is magic. It cleans up my rambling into clean prose every time.
Priya Patel
Senior SWE, Linear
I dictate Slack messages, PRs, even code comments. Bolo saves me at least an hour a day.
James O'Brien
CTO, Raycast
Our whole engineering team switched to Bolo. The local transcription means zero latency and full privacy.
Lina Zhao
DevRel, Supabase
Writing blog posts and docs used to take hours. Now I just talk through my ideas and Bolo handles the rest.
Alex Chen
Staff Engineer, Stripe
Replaced my entire note-taking workflow. I just talk and it's there, formatted perfectly.
Sarah Kim
Engineering Manager, Vercel
I write 3x more documentation now. Bolo removed the friction completely.
Marcus Rivera
Indie Developer
The auto-formatting is magic. It cleans up my rambling into clean prose every time.
Priya Patel
Senior SWE, Linear
I dictate Slack messages, PRs, even code comments. Bolo saves me at least an hour a day.
James O'Brien
CTO, Raycast
Our whole engineering team switched to Bolo. The local transcription means zero latency and full privacy.
Lina Zhao
DevRel, Supabase
Writing blog posts and docs used to take hours. Now I just talk through my ideas and Bolo handles the rest.
Alex Chen
Staff Engineer, Stripe
Replaced my entire note-taking workflow. I just talk and it's there, formatted perfectly.
Sarah Kim
Engineering Manager, Vercel
I write 3x more documentation now. Bolo removed the friction completely.
Marcus Rivera
Indie Developer
The auto-formatting is magic. It cleans up my rambling into clean prose every time.
Priya Patel
Senior SWE, Linear
I dictate Slack messages, PRs, even code comments. Bolo saves me at least an hour a day.
James O'Brien
CTO, Raycast
Our whole engineering team switched to Bolo. The local transcription means zero latency and full privacy.
Lina Zhao
DevRel, Supabase
Writing blog posts and docs used to take hours. Now I just talk through my ideas and Bolo handles the rest.
