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Not sure why I should use this instead of the baked-in OS dictation features (which I use almost daily--just double-tap the world key, and you're there). What's the advantage?
- macOS dictation mutes other sounds while it's running. This is a deal-breaker for me.
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I haven't used this one but WisprFlow is vastly better than the built-in functionality on MacOS. Apple is way behind even startups, even for fundamental AI functionality like transcribing speech
WisprFlow has a lot of good recommendations behind it but the fact they used Delve for SOC2 compliance gives me major pause.
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Handy with parakeet is pretty awesome by the way!
Agree. Slept on. Wish they would do an ios version, but the creator already kind of dismissed it.
I didn't just dismiss for no reason, I am a human! I have needs and I can't just sleeplessly stay in front of the computer putting out code. If I had more time I would, but alas.
Someone could easily vibe code an iOS version in a few hours. I could do the same but I do not have time to support it.
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Microsoft OneNote had this back in 2007 or so, granted the speech to text model wasn't nearly as advanced as they are now. I was actually on the OneNote team when they were transitioning to an online only transcription model because there was no one left to maintain the on device legacy system. It wasn't any sort of planned technical direction, just a lack of anyone wanting to maintain the old system.
I remember trying out some voice-to-text around 2002 that I believe was included with Windows XP.. or maybe Office? You had to go through some training exercises to tune it to your voice, but then it worked fairly well for transcription or even interacting with applications.
This thread is a support group for people who have each independently built the same macOS speech-to-text app.
I'm tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper Just added Ghost Pepper, and you can actually create a skill.md with the features you need to build your own
1: livestream transcript directly into the cursor in real time (just like native macOS dictation)
2: show realtime transcript live in an overlay (still has to paste when done, unlike #1, but can still read live while dictating)
1- localvoxtral, 2- FluidVoice (bumping it to 7 features on your list)
This is great, and I'm not knocking it, but every time I see these apps it reminds me of my phone. My 2021 Google Pixel 6, when offline, can transcribe speech to text, and also corrects things contextually. it can make a mistake, and as I continue to speak, it will go back and correct something earlier in the sentence. What tech does Google have shoved in there that predates Whisper and Qwen by five years? And why do…
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I'm tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper Just added Ghost Pepper, and you can actually create a skill.md with the features you need to build your own
So... a vibe slop index to keep track of all the vibe slop apps? The cherry on top: it’s completely broken! Enable the Context Awareness filter, the list shrinks. Now enable the Auto-pasting filter, the list grows back.
I was on WhisperFlow for a while until the trial ran out, and I'm really tempted to subscribe. I don't think I can go back to a local solution after that, the performance difference is insane.