There is an honest awkwardness on this blog. We have written about dictation on the Mac, about Meeting Mode on the Mac, about the terminal by voice on the Mac. And a good share of the people reading don't have a Mac.
For them there is a door, and it is already open: voice in the browser.
01What it actually is
A page you open in Chrome or Edge, with nothing to install, where you speak to Saelyx out loud and it answers. Back-and-forth conversation, not a text box with a microphone bolted on.
It isn't a demo or a trial account: you sign in with your own account, and your profile and your memory come with you. What Saelyx knows about you —your name, what you do, what you told it last week— is there from the first sentence. It can search your notes and the web, by voice, without you re-explaining who you are every time.
The memory is one memory, synced. What it learns about you in the browser is on the Mac, and the other way round. There is no memory per device, on purpose —the reasoning is in your memory in Saelyx—.
02What you need
- Chrome or Edge. Nothing to download, nothing to install.
- A Saelyx account. If you don't have a session open, it takes you to sign in. Access is still by invitation, same as the Mac.
- A microphone, and giving the browser permission to use it.
That's it. Windows, Linux, a borrowed Chromebook: the operating system stops mattering the moment the app lives inside a tab.
03What it does not do, and this is the part that matters
This is where expectations usually go wrong, so here it is without hedging.
- Today it is voice only. No camera, no screen sharing. That comes with the full web app, which isn't here yet. Three inputs at once —screen, camera and microphone reaching one line of reasoning— is the Mac.
- It isn't dictation. It does not type into whatever program you have open. If what you want is your voice turning into text in any Windows window, this is not that, and we are not going to call it the same thing: it is spelled out in dictation on the Mac.
- It isn't Meeting Mode. The panel that floats over the video call and follows what is being said is the Mac. From the browser you can talk to the agent, which is not the same thing —the difference is in no bot in your meeting—.
We would rather disappoint you in an article than after you have created the account.
04What leaves your computer here
The same as on the Mac, with one difference of surface: here the microphone is opened by the browser, with the browser's own permission, and you can see it in the address bar while it is open.
Your voice leaves. It is processed by an external provider with retention switched off where it applies: it is not kept to train models. The only thing that persists is what you choose to keep in your memory, and that is a list you can open and empty whenever you want.
The whole detail, including the two times we got it wrong and corrected it, is in what leaves your computer. The legal version, with names, is in the privacy policy.
05Why this exists before the full app
Because voice is the part you can't fake. A half-finished interface hides behind pretty screenshots; a spoken conversation that lags or talks over you is obvious by the second sentence.
Shipping it first, on its own, has an obvious cost —everything else is missing— and one advantage that pays for it: what is published actually works, and what isn't published hasn't been promised with a date. We don't give dates for what's coming because we can't hold to them; the long version of that reasoning is in why there is no price yet.
06Who this makes sense for today
- You work on Windows or Linux and you want the agent, even without screen or camera for now.
- You have a Mac but you're somewhere else —a borrowed machine, the one at home, a client's. You sign in, you talk, and the conversation carries on where you left it.
- You want to try the voice before anything else. It is the part that decides whether this is useful to you.
And it makes no sense if what you need is dictation inside your apps, or the panel over the video call. That is Mac, today.
07Frequently asked questions
Does it work in Safari or Firefox?
What we say works is Chrome and Edge, because that is what has been checked. We don't claim anything about other browsers until we check them.
Do I need an account?
Yes. It is your Saelyx account, with your plan, your profile and your memory. If you don't have a session open, the page takes you to sign in.
Can I share my screen from the browser?
Not today. The full web app —screen and camera included— isn't available yet. Voice is.
What about mobile?
iPhone and iPad will come later, and Android after that. We don't give a date because we can't hold to it.
Is what I say kept?
Not to train models. What persists is what you choose to keep in your memory, and you see it in a list you can empty.
Is it the same memory as the Mac?
Yes, one memory, synced. You start a conversation in the browser and pick it up on the Mac without explaining yourself twice.