Click where you want to write.
Place your cursor in a message, a document, or a note.
QALBEQAL FOR MAC
Your voice.
At your cursor.
Write Amharic in the app you’re already using. Just say the words.
Version 1.0.5 · macOS 14 or later
Ready in your menu bar
IN MAIL. IN NOTES. WHERE YOU WRITE.
One shortcut.
Keep your flow.
Press Option–Space. Speak.
A small recording bar lets you know it’s listening.
Press again. Your words appear.
Your Amharic lands in Fidel, right at your cursor. Read it through and keep going.
ALREADY RECORDED?
Drop the audio.
Get the words.
Drag an audio file onto the menu-bar icon or into QalbeQal. You can also choose Audio file… in the app.
Including Ogg/Opus voice notes from WhatsApp and Telegram.
ሰላም።See you tomorrow.
YOUR LANGUAGE. YOUR LETTERS.
Amharic &
English, together.
Choose Amharic + English to keep English words in Latin and Amharic in Fidel.
On supported Macs with macOS 26 or later, English can run locally using Apple’s downloaded speech model. Amharic uses cloud recognition.
YOUR RECORDINGS. YOUR CHOICE.
You decide
what stays.
Keep your recordings out of training, or choose to contribute clips to improve Amharic recognition.
Change your choice any time in Settings.
ONE-TIME SETUP
Set up.
Then just speak.
- Install. Download QalbeQal, drag it into Applications, and open it.
- Allow microphone access. So the app can hear your voice.
- Allow Accessibility access. So your words can be inserted into other apps.
