Install Callout

Callout runs on a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 15 or later.

Install with one line

  1. Open Terminal. It is in Applications › Utilities.
  2. Paste this line and press Return:
curl -fsSL https://saycallout.com/install.sh | sh

The line downloads Callout, checks that the download is whole, puts Callout in your Applications folder and opens it.

To update Callout later, run the same line again. It quits Callout, puts the new version in its place and opens it again. Your snags, settings and license stay as they are.

Install from the disk image

  1. Download Callout.dmg.
  2. Open it and drag Callout to the Applications folder.
  3. Open Callout from Applications.

The first time, macOS says that it cannot check Callout for malicious software, because Apple did not notarize this version. To open it:

  1. Click Done.
  2. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security.
  3. Scroll down to Security. Next to the line about Callout, click Open Anyway.
  4. Click Open Anyway again, and enter your Mac password.

macOS asks this only once. The one-line install skips it.

After you install

Callout lives in the menubar as a small star over a curve. The first time it opens, its first run starts. It asks for your license key, which is in the email you got when you bought Callout, and then downloads the speech model (about 500 MB).

Questions: help.callout@proton.me.