# Atticus voice assistant for macOS

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Atticus voice assistant for macOS and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude; people say it works well. Possible caveat: voice transcription may get things wrong.

## Why people recommend it

- Looks and works great (2 comments): "really like it from what I can see it from the demo video" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053168)) "This looks and works great, super impressed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50064434))
- Inspired others to build forks (3 comments): "This is awesome and I would not have done any of it without you starting!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50079918)) "I burned some credits on a fork that works for windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053903)) "I liked the idea and forked the original" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053899))

## What people warn about

- Voice transcription may get it wrong (1 comments): "what if the voice transcription gets it wrong?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50067562))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Siri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/siri.md): 165 recommend
- [Google Assistant](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-assistant.md): 33 recommend
- [Grok voice](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok-voice-mode.md): 9 recommend
- [Jarvis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/own-personal-jarvis.md): 7 recommend
- [ChatGPT Live](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chatgpt-live.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Atticus voice assistant for macOS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/atticus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).