{"id":52078,"date":"2026-06-03T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=52078"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T18:40:35","slug":"whisperpad-rejected-from-the-mac-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/whisperpad-rejected-from-the-mac-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"WhisperPad Rejected From the Mac App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rene Zelaya<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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In April, Apple rejected an update to my Mac dictation app, WhisperPad, under Guideline 2.4.5. Their position was that I was using the accessibility API in a way that wasn’t an accessibility use. The app exists because I have a hand injury. Apple had approved earlier versions doing the same thing. This time they did not.<\/p>\n

I had used Apple’s built-in dictation first, and the experience was a particular kind of frustrating. The transcription was close but rarely right, and every correction meant going back in with the keyboard, deleting, retyping. I was hurting my hands to fix the tool that was supposed to be saving them. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

They responded that they would take a closer look. They told me not to reply in the thread, and said they would come back with a decision. That was April 21st.<\/p>\n

Then it went quiet. By May 21st I had heard nothing[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Finally he heard back and was rejected again. He didn’t want to “sacrifice the reach of the App Store” so he made a “compromised version” for the store and is also selling the full version via Paddle.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n