Peanut
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Read-aloud and dictation for desktop work
Peanut reads selected text aloud, keeps the session in history, and lets you dictate the reply without leaving the app you are already using.
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The launch notes are dense. I need the key blockers, the customer impact, and what changed since the last build.
Single-purpose TTS tools stop after playback. Peanut keeps the next action close: dictate, replay, copy, save a snippet, or clean up the rough version.
Highlight text and listen at your preferred speed. Use OpenAI or ElevenLabs voices for review, accessibility, and deep reading.
Press your shortcut, speak naturally, and Peanut pastes polished text where your cursor is - email, docs, chat, tickets, or internal tools.
Spoken punctuation, lists, paragraph chunking, and filler-word filtering make rough speech land like a draft you meant to send.
Save reusable phrases, signatures, links, answers, and templates. Speak a trigger and Peanut expands the full text.
Listen to selected text in another language or speak in one language and paste the translated result into the active app.
Say the messy version first. Peanut can turn raw thoughts into briefs, prompts, messages, outlines, and action lists.
Peanut is built around the parts of work where keyboards slow people down: reading dense context, composing a response, and finding the same phrase again.
Stanford HCI researchers found speech input about 3x faster than a smartphone keyboard in English under controlled conditions. Peanut applies that speed advantage to desktop moments where you already know what to say.
Stanford HCI studyProofreading research found reading aloud improved detection of both typo-level and grammar or word-choice errors versus silent reading. Peanut makes that listen-back pass available without leaving the active app.
Proofreading studyUsability research consistently favors clarity, scannable paths, and obvious next actions. That is why the homepage now leads with the workflow, the product state, and one primary “try free” action.
Baymard usability researchPeanut is not a destination app. It sits beside the work you already have open and handles the voice steps around it.
Highlight the release notes, press your read-aloud shortcut, and keep reviewing while your eyes rest.
Peanut reads selected text back with voice and playback speed controls, then keeps recent sessions in history.
Peanut is for people who spend their day reading, replying, reviewing, and repeating context across desktop apps.
Turn scattered context into updates, investor notes, recruiting follow-ups, and daily decisions before the thought cools off.
Reply faster, keep tone consistent, reuse snippets, and read long threads back before sending the final answer.
Speak prompts, ticket notes, commit messages, QA findings, and refactor plans into Cursor, Linear, GitHub, or your editor.
Reduce keyboard load, listen instead of squinting through dense text, and keep a voice-first workflow available across desktop apps.
Read-aloud is the entry point. The advantage is everything Peanut does around it.
For buyers who want more than polished dictation: read-aloud, translation, snippets, history, and BYOK controls in one desktop workspace.
Compare Peanut vs FLUXFor teams that like the "ramble into clean text" workflow but also need listening, reuse, metrics, and provider transparency.
Compare Peanut vs VoiceInkFor people weighing offline-first dictation against a broader cloud-powered voice workspace for writing, playback, translation, and snippets.
Peanut currently supports authenticated shared access and bring-your-own API key mode. Free usage limits are enforced weekly in the backend.
2,000 words each week for dictation, read-aloud, and AI workflows.
See pricingUnlimited usage for active subscribers or admin-granted access, premium provider options, and advanced workflow controls.
Request Pro accessPeanut is built around explicit controls: signed-in shared access for convenience, bring-your-own keys for direct provider billing, local app history for your own workflow, and clear setup steps for permissions.
Peanut is designed for desktop-wide shortcuts and clipboard-based paste, so it works across normal text fields in apps like email, docs, chat, browsers, editors, and internal tools. Some apps can block simulated paste; manual paste remains the fallback.
No. Dictation is one workflow. Peanut also reads selected text aloud, expands snippets, keeps history, tracks productivity metrics, translates, and turns rough speech into structured output.
No, the current app is cloud-provider based for transcription, speech, translation, and AI cleanup. If you need maximum provider control, use bring-your-own API key mode.
Peanut is built for macOS and Windows. Some shortcut behavior differs by operating system, especially hold-to-talk versus tap-to-toggle recording.
Free users start with 2,000 words each week. Pro access unlocks unlimited usage and premium workflow controls.
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