Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
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Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#2This looks awesome, there are a lot of Whisper-based tools on macOS that have become paid for basic features
I'll definitely try this out
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#3This looks awesome, there are a lot of Whisper-based tools on macOS that have become paid for basic features I'll definitely try this out
Thank you — any feedback is appreciated. I want to be useful, not rich, so I made it open and free for everyone
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#4As someone who doesn't use dictation in any form, I'm curious how this compares to the built-in dictation functions of macOS or iOS?
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#5As someone who doesn't use dictation in any form, I'm curious how this compares to the built-in dictation functions of macOS or iOS?
I believe audio is normally processed on device but transcripts can be sent to apple.
Even apps like superwhisper I'm looking to ditch because during an update they swapped my local models to cloud models which is a crazy breach of trust.
Very happy to see this stuff!
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#6I am definitely gonna try this out. I use dictation daily so this looks really useful.
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#7I am definitely gonna try this out. I use dictation daily so this looks really useful.
Just now tried it. It's really good! I will keep using it more today to see if it performs well consistently.
I had a small issue while onboarding. The app asked for microphone access, which I granted. It showed the task was completed. But the blue Next button stayed grayed out. I forced quit the app and then it all worked out fine from that point onward.
I am using M4 Pro Mac Mini running MacOS 15.6.1
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#8I am definitely gonna try this out. I use dictation daily so this looks really useful.
Just now tried it. It's really good! I will keep using it more today to see if it performs well consistently. I had a small issue while onboarding. The app asked for microphone access, which I granted. It showed the task was completed. But the blue Next button stayed grayed out. I forced quit the app and then it all worked out fine from that point onward. I am using M4 Pro Mac Mini running MacOS 15.6.1
Thank you for the feedback. I’ll work on reproducing the issue and will do my best to fix it.
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#9This looks awesome, there are a lot of Whisper-based tools on macOS that have become paid for basic features I'll definitely try this out
Also check out: https://handy.computer
- (Show HN discussion: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/44302416)
WhisperClip is cool because it transcribes as you are recording. Most other tools I've tried wait for the recording to finish before any transcription starts.
Re: Show HN: Privacy-First Voice-to-Text for macOS
#10The demo video[1] shows the transcription starts before recording is stopped, but I couldn't recreate this with the actual app. The transcription would not show after a minute of recording, but it was all there once I hit stop.
Was this changed since the video was made? Or is there a setting?