The end of typing.
One dictation at a time.

It started with my right wrist

I've spent years building marketing tools and software products. Writing, coding, messaging, the kind of work that puts your hands through a lot. And eventually, my right wrist said enough.

I got tunnel carpal syndrome. The kind where a full day of typing leaves you icing your forearm at night. The kind that makes you seriously reconsider whether the career you love is sustainable.

So I started dictating. Not because it was cool or because some tech pundit said voice was the future, but because I literally had no other option. And that's when I discovered how bad the existing tools were.

The tools were expensive.

Every dictation product I tried fell into one of two buckets: either it was a locked-down app that only worked in one place, or it was an overpriced subscription designed for enterprise teams with a procurement department and a six-month onboarding process.

Nothing was built for a developer, a writer, a small team, someone who just needs their voice to become text, reliably, everywhere, without paying an arm and a leg (especially when your arms are already broken).

So I built TypeHop. Not as a side project, not as a demo, as the tool I actually needed to keep working.

Democratizing voice for everyone

Voice dictation should not be a luxury. It should not require a corporate budget or a technical setup that takes a weekend to configure. Millions of people deal with repetitive strain injuries, carpal tunnel, arthritis, or other conditions that make typing painful or impossible. They deserve great tooling too.

And beyond accessibility, every knowledge worker typing thousands of words a day is slowly grinding down their hands. You do not have to wait until it hurts to make the switch.

TypeHop works in any Mac app, with no per-app plugin required. It understands context, cleans up your speech naturally, and gets out of the way. That's the whole idea: make voice as natural as typing, without the tradeoffs that made earlier tools a compromise.

What we are building toward

• A dictation tool that works for everyone, not just enterprise teams with dedicated IT support.
• Pricing that does not punish individuals and small teams for not having a procurement budget.
• Privacy-first architecture so your words stay yours.
• A real path away from repetitive strain, for developers, writers, operators, and anyone who types all day.