TalkMode — a real assistant on your Mac

Available in 20 languages

TalkMode's interface is fully translated in all 20 languages — no English fallback. Pick yours below to read the project in your language.

Plus 50+ on-device speech-recognition locales — talk to the assistant in one language while reading the UI in another.

A coworker, not a chatbot

TalkMode behaves like someone you talk to — fast, attentive, and private.

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Sub-second turn-taking

A Korean-tuned adaptive endpointer reads gaze, voice, and transcript at once — your turn ends fast, but not too fast.

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Multimodal cues

Talk to interrupt, or look away to wrap up. The front camera estimates eye contact entirely on-device.

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4 conversation modes

Conversation, meeting minutes, brainstorming, and counseling — each with its own pacing and persona.

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Skills

Read your calendar, draft mail, check recent messages, query CPU/RAM, and save long-term memory by voice.

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20 UI languages

Fully localized interface in 20 languages, plus 50+ on-device speech-recognition locales.

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Privacy by default

Nothing leaves your Mac except your chosen LLM provider and anonymized diagnostics with all text stripped.

See it in motion

Conversation, persona setup, and a live diagnostics timeline.

Conversation tab — **Conversation** — assistant avatar, optional gaze camera, mic-level overlay, live chat.

Live conversation — **Live chat** — markdown bubbles, auto-punctuated STT, staged-skill badges.

Settings — Persona — **Persona** — language, avatar, and the live `soul.md` contract.

Diagnostics timeline — **Diagnostics** — phase, gaze, STT/CPU readouts, endpointing timeline.

Install in seconds

macOS Sonoma or later, Apple silicon.

Homebrew

# tap and install
brew tap baryonlabs/talkmode
brew install --cask talkmode

Already installed? brew upgrade --cask talkmode.

Direct download

# signed .app bundle
curl -LO https://talkmode.baryon.ai/download/TalkMode-0.4.22.zip

Or use the Download for macOS button. Unzip, drag into Applications.

⚠ First launch on macOS Sequoia (15) / Tahoe (26)? The system blocks ad-hoc signed apps and right-click → Open no longer works. → Step-by-step install guide with screenshots

If macOS says “TalkMode is blocked”

The app is ad-hoc signed (not yet notarized), so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. Paste these 4 lines into Terminal:

# 1) launch once so macOS registers the app
open '/Applications/TalkMode.app'
# 2) jump straight to Privacy & Security settings
open 'x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.settings.PrivacySecurity.extension'

Then in Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom and click Open Anyway (“그래도 열기”), then Open in the confirmation dialog. macOS remembers the choice — later launches open normally.

Requires an LLM provider — the Claude CLI, Codex CLI, or an OpenAI key. Sparkle keeps the app updated automatically.