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Clip from anywhere
Highlight a paragraph in a browser, a PDF, Apple Books. One hotkey and it is a note, with a link back to where it came from. No copying, no switching windows.
Duto captures what you highlight in any app, transcribes what you and your Mac hear, and files it all in one local database. No account, no sync, no telemetry. Your notes never leave your computer.
Free for 7 days · One-off price · No subscription
Highlight a paragraph in a browser, a PDF, Apple Books. One hotkey and it is a note, with a link back to where it came from. No copying, no switching windows.
Your voice, your Mac's audio, or a call with both, transcribed on device by macOS itself. Each turn is filed under its own speaker, and nothing is uploaded, because nothing needs to be.
A pinned note leaves the app and stays on your screen, over whatever you are working in. Drag it anywhere, edit it in place, close it when you are done.
Every note you write, capture or dictate goes into one SQLite database in your Application Support folder. You can copy it, back it up with Time Machine, or open it with any SQLite tool and read every row yourself. Nothing about Duto stands between you and your own writing.
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to, no password to lose.
The app makes a daily check for a new version and one licence activation. That is the entire list. No analytics inside Duto, no crash reports, no tracking.
Speech becomes text using the model macOS ships. Your audio is never uploaded, because it never needs to be.
Import from Apple Notes, export any note as Markdown, and take the database itself whenever you like.
No company outlives every product. If we stop working on Duto tomorrow, the app on your Mac keeps running and your notes stay exactly where they already are.
Seven days to try everything, with no card and no account. After that, one payment and Duto is yours, including every update we ever ship.
$29.99
Download the disk image and try it first, no card needed. macOS 12 or later; dictation and call transcription need macOS 26.