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Hungarian speech to text on your Mac
NoteOwl turns Hungarian speech to text on your Mac. Dictate into any app, record a meeting or import a recording, and it writes Hungarian with its long vowels, ő and ű included, using on-device AI models that work offline after a one-time download.
Below is a real sample: a short Hungarian work call about a series of online talks, and NoteOwl’s transcript of it, unedited. Dictation is free and unlimited; meetings and imported recordings are part of NoteOwl Pro.
Hungarian in NoteOwl
- Plan
- Dictation free and unlimited; meetings and imports in NoteOwl Pro
- Dictation and meetings
- Settings → Auto-Context → Spoken language: Auto-detect
- Imported recordings
- Language detected automatically
- On the sample
- 97.9% of the characters matched
- Where it runs
- On your Mac; offline after the one-time model download
A real sample
What does NoteOwl’s Hungarian transcript look like?
Here’s a sample recording, and NoteOwl’s transcript of it, unedited. On this sample NoteOwl matched 97.9% of the characters (punctuation and spacing aside).
The recording · 0:56
A short work call between Réka and Bence. NoteOwl detected the language by itself.
NoteOwl’s transcript
In English
Szébence, hogy állunk az internetes előadás sorozattal! Az első alkalomra már hatvanöten jelentkeztek, pedig még két hét van hátra. Úgyhogy
In English: Hi, Bence, how are we doing with the online talk series? Sixty-five people have already signed up for the first session, even though there are still two weeks to go. So
szerintem nagyon jól állunk.
In English: I think we’re doing really well.
Ez tényleg jó hír, és a felvételt utána kiküldjük mindenkinek, vagy csak a résztvevőknek. Én csak azoknak küldeném ki, akik regisztráltak. Így a
In English: That’s really good news. And afterwards, do we send the recording to everyone, or only to participants? I’d only send it to those who registered. That way
következő alkalmakra is többen jelentkeznek majd. Jó ötlet legyen égy. A felvételt csak a regisztráltak kapják meg. Rendben, akkor
In English: more people will sign up for the next sessions too. Good idea, let’s do that. Only registered people get the recording. All right, then
csütörtökik beállítom az automatikus levelet, amiben benne lesz, hol érhető el a felvétel. Nagyszerű én addig megírom a második alkalom
In English: by Thursday I’ll set up the automatic message that says where the recording can be found. Great. Meanwhile I’ll write the second session’s
How does NoteOwl write Hungarian?
With its long vowels, including the double-acute ő and ű: előadás, résztvevőknek, következő, érhető and Nagyszerű all came out right in the sample. Long words built from suffixes, like regisztráltak and kiküldjük, were written whole.
Numbers came out in words: hatvanöten, sixty-five people, and két hét, two weeks. The date was harder: “november tizenkettedike” came out as “november tizenket-e”, so check dates before you share a Hungarian transcript.
Greetings merged with the name after them: “Szia, Bence” became “Szébence” and “Köszi, Bence” became “Köszibence”. And csütörtökig, by Thursday, came out as “csütörtökik”, one letter off.
How do you dictate in Hungarian on a Mac?
Tap fn in any app, speak Hungarian and tap fn again: the words type at your cursor. In Settings → Auto-Context → Spoken language, choose Auto-detect, because Hungarian isn’t one of the languages that menu can pin.
The setting starts on your Mac’s own language, so on a Mac set to English, switch it to Auto-detect before you dictate or record a meeting in Hungarian. Recordings you import are always detected automatically, the way NoteOwl recognised the sample above.
Where is Hungarian spoken, and what do people record in it?
Hungarian is the first language of about 13 million people, in Hungary and in communities in neighbouring countries, and one of the European Union’s official languages. NoteOwl lists it as one language, without regional variants.
At work that means the értekezlet and its jegyzőkönyv, client calls, interviews, and online talks like the series the sample plans, read in standard Hungarian: sixty-five sign-ups two weeks before the first session, and the recording sent only to those who registered.
How do you get the best Hungarian transcripts?
Check dates, names and questions, and fix slips that keep coming back with custom vocabulary. In the sample, the first question ended with an exclamation mark and another came out as a statement.
A Vocabulary rule, part of NoteOwl Pro, can rejoin a word NoteOwl splits: type “előadás sorozattal” under “When I say…” and “előadássorozattal” under “Replace with…”. Rules match whole words, and Hungarian adds suffixes, so each form you use needs its own rule.
Is Hungarian speech to text free in NoteOwl?
Yes, for dictation. Speaking Hungarian into any app is free and unlimited, forever, like voice notes. Meetings, imported recordings, summaries, Chat and custom vocabulary are part of NoteOwl Pro.
NoteOwl Pro is $79 once for one Mac, with a 7-day free trial in the app and no card. Everything runs on your Mac, with the same on-device AI models on both plans.
- Dictation in Hungarian, into any app
- FreeUnlimited
- ProUnlimited
- Voice notes
- FreeUnlimited
- ProUnlimited
- Hungarian meetings, with no bot joining
- FreeNo
- ProYes
- Imported Hungarian recordings
- FreeNo
- ProYes
- Summaries, action items and Chat
- FreeNo
- ProYes
- Custom vocabulary
- FreeNo
- ProYes
- Read and export your own transcripts
- FreeYes
- ProYes
| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Dictation in Hungarian, into any app | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Voice notes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Hungarian meetings, with no bot joining | No | Yes |
| Imported Hungarian recordings | No | Yes |
| Summaries, action items and Chat | No | Yes |
| Custom vocabulary | No | Yes |
| Read and export your own transcripts | Yes | Yes |
FAQ
Questions about Hungarian transcription
Can NoteOwl transcribe Hungarian offline?
Yes. NoteOwl turns Hungarian speech into text on your Mac with on-device AI models, so after the one-time model download it works with no internet connection. Your recordings and transcripts stay on your Mac.
Does NoteOwl write ő and ű in Hungarian?
Yes. In NoteOwl’s transcript of the Hungarian sample, ő and ű were right in words like előadás, következő and Nagyszerű. It matched 97.9% of the characters, punctuation and spacing aside.
Do I have to tell NoteOwl I’m speaking Hungarian?
Not for imported recordings: NoteOwl detects their language by itself. For dictation and meetings, set Settings → Auto-Context → Spoken language to Auto-detect, since Hungarian isn’t one of the languages that menu can pin.
Is Hungarian dictation free in NoteOwl?
Yes. Dictating Hungarian into any app is free and unlimited, forever. Meetings, imported recordings, summaries, Chat and custom vocabulary are part of NoteOwl Pro, $79 once for one Mac, with a 7-day free trial in the app.
Can NoteOwl transcribe Hungarian meetings?
Yes, with NoteOwl Pro. It records your microphone and your Mac’s audio, with no bot joining the call, and transcribes the Hungarian on your Mac. Set Spoken language to Auto-detect before the meeting.
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Transcribe Hungarian on your Mac
Free to download. Runs entirely on your Mac.
macOS 26 or later · Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) · 16 GB memory minimum, 24 GB recommended
About NoteOwl
NoteOwl is private AI meeting notes and memory for the Mac. It captures meetings without a bot joining the call, labels every speaker, writes summaries and action items, and builds a memory of every conversation that you can chat with — fully offline, because the speech recognition and the AI run on the Mac itself. Dictation into any app is free; Pro is a one-time purchase.
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