# Dotie

> Dotie is an AI buddy for your Mac. Press a shortcut, ask out loud, and get answers from whatever's on your screen — code, designs, docs, anything. Dotie runs on Apple Silicon Macs (macOS 14 or later) and lives next to your cursor so you never have to copy-paste, screenshot, or tab-switch to ask a question.

## Product summary

- **Name:** Dotie
- **Maker:** Dotie inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
- **Platform:** macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon (desktop only)
- **Price:** $19 USD per month — 7-day free trial, cancel anytime
- **Website:** https://dotie.app
- **Contact:** team@dotie.co
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Languages:** English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

## How you use it

1. Press Command + Space twice to wake Dotie next to your cursor.
2. Ask anything out loud — no perfect prompts, no commands.
3. Get an answer in seconds, right where you're working.
4. Press Command + Period to dismiss and keep moving.

## What Dotie does

- **Sees what you see.** Reads your screen in real time. No copy-paste, no screenshots, no explaining context.
- **Hears what you say.** Press the shortcut and talk. Dotie listens, thinks, and answers in seconds.
- **Lives next to your cursor.** Answers appear right where you're working — no tab switching, no flow breaking.

## Privacy and security

Dotie is built security-first.

- **Local by default.** Voice capture, screen reading, and shortcut handling all run on-device. Nothing is uploaded until you explicitly ask a question.
- **Minimal context.** When you ask a question, only the relevant slice of context (not the full screen) is sent to the model.
- **Focused-window only.** Screen capture is limited to the front-most window — anything behind it stays on your Mac.
- **End-to-end encrypted in transit.** All model traffic uses TLS 1.3.
- **Encrypted at rest.** Anything we do persist (account, billing) is encrypted at rest.
- **No training on your data.** Your prompts and screen context are never used to train models.
- **No screenshot storage, no prompt telemetry.** We do not retain your screen captures or log what you ask.
- **Compliance.** GDPR-aligned data handling.

## Who Dotie is for

- Designers comparing layouts across tabs and tools
- Engineers debugging code without leaving the editor
- Product managers reviewing specs, dashboards, and tickets
- Writers cross-referencing sources without breaking flow
- Students working through problems on screen
- Anyone tired of explaining what's already on their screen to a chat tool

## Frequently asked questions

**What platforms does Dotie support?** Mac with Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later. No Windows or Linux yet.

**Does it work offline?** Voice activation and screen capture are local. Answers require an internet connection.

**Which models does Dotie use?** Dotie routes to whichever frontier model is best for the question. You don't pick — you just ask.

**Can I trial it?** Yes — 7 days free, no credit card required to start.

**Is there a team or enterprise plan?** Yes. Email team@dotie.co for team and enterprise pricing, SSO, and invoicing.

**How is my data handled?** Screen content stays on-device by default. Only the relevant context for a question is sent to the model. We don't train on your data.

## Pages

- [Home](https://dotie.app/) — product overview, live demo, how it works, pricing, testimonials
- [About](https://dotie.app/about) — who built Dotie and why
- [Pricing](https://dotie.app/pricing) — plans, team pricing, education and nonprofit discounts
- [How it works](https://dotie.app/how-it-works) — voice, vision, and shortcut explainers in one place
- [Tutor mode](https://dotie.app/tutor) — a slower, Socratic conversation style for learning anything on screen
- [Docs](https://dotie.app/docs) — install, permissions, troubleshooting, support
- [FAQ](https://dotie.app/faq) — answers to common questions

## Optional

- [Full content](https://dotie.app/llms-full.txt) — single-file dump of all page content for LLM ingestion
- [Sitemap](https://dotie.app/sitemap.xml)