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Get DirectScribe for macOS

A signed, notarized app that installs like any other Mac app. Do the vendor setup first — then start your seven-day trial so none of it is spent waiting on a signup email.

  1. Set up your vendor keys first

    Pick a transcription vendor and an intelligence vendor, create your API keys, and keep them handy. The step-by-step guides cover each one: Deepgram, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Anthropic, LM Studio (fully local).

    Doing this first matters: your 7-day trial clock starts when you choose, so you don't want to burn days waiting for a vendor to approve an account.

  2. Download the notarized DMG

    Universal build for Apple silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 26.0 or later.

    Download DirectScribe 1.13.0 (.dmg) Placeholder link — owner to replace at release

    Version
    1.13.0 (build 20)
    Requires
    macOS 26.0 or later
    Signing
    Developer ID, hardened runtime, Apple-notarized

  3. Open it and drag to Applications

    Because the DMG is notarized, macOS Gatekeeper opens it without the "unidentified developer" warning. Drag DirectScribe into your Applications folder and launch it.

  4. Paste your keys into Settings

    Open Settings → Providers and paste the API keys you created in step one. They are stored in the macOS Keychain — never in plain files, never sent to us.

  5. Start your 7-day trial

    When you're ready to dictate, start the trial. Viewing, search, and export always work; the trial simply unlocks recording and note generation. Buy a licence whenever it fits — no account required.

Verify your download

Every release publishes the DMG's SHA-256 checksum. After downloading, you can confirm the file is byte-for-byte the one we published. In Terminal:

shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/DirectScribe-1.13.0.dmg

Compare the output against the published value:

SHA-256: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Placeholder

The checksum above is a placeholder. The real SHA-256 is generated by the release script when the notarized DMG is built and must be pasted here before the download link goes live.

Notarization is the primary integrity control — an un-notarized or altered DMG will not open cleanly on a customer's Mac. The published checksum is a secondary check for your own records and for a privacy assessment.

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