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Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by youniverse »

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #5

My current fav STT is Hex, MacOS only: https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex Near-instant accurate-enough transcription using local Parakeet V3. Handy is multi-platform, also great: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy Every time a new STT model or app is announced, I see if it displaces Hex for me but so far none have. I’ll check out Yap though.

I use handy and it does the job very well, is there a difference with hex or any other transcription app if we are using the same underlying model? Or just UI/UX stuff?

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by youniverse »

theturtletalks wrote: post #7
d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #5

My current fav STT is Hex, MacOS only: https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex Near-instant accurate-enough transcription using local Parakeet V3. Handy is multi-platform, also great: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy Every time a new STT model or app is announced, I see if it displaces Hex for me but so far none have. I’ll check out Yap though.

Have you tried FluidVoice? Comes close to those 2 imo. I’m tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper

If this is your website, I would recommend an actually noticeable button to go to the repo, it took me a good minute to find the little icon lol.

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by d4rkp4ttern »

youniverse wrote: post #11
d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #5

My current fav STT is Hex, MacOS only: https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex Near-instant accurate-enough transcription using local Parakeet V3. Handy is multi-platform, also great: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy Every time a new STT model or app is announced, I see if it displaces Hex for me but so far none have. I’ll check out Yap though.

I use handy and it does the job very well, is there a difference with hex or any other transcription app if we are using the same underlying model? Or just UI/UX stuff?

When I tried handy a few months ago the transcription had stuttering issues, and I later discovered Hex and it was even faster and did not have those issues, so I stuck with it. This was with the same underlying Parakeet model, I think the differences are in the surrounding engine and post processing etc.

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by luckman212 »

I was also a fan of Hex, but development has stalled. I tried FluidVoice (found it buggy) and Handy (had problems with hotkey) before eventually landing on TypeWhisper[0].

It works very well, and has a few more bells and whistles without feeling bloated.

[0] https://www.typewhisper.com

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by JohnBizBiz »

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #8
theturtletalks wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried FluidVoice? Comes close to those 2 imo. I’m tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper

Nice collection! Do you know if any of those can do meeting transcription with turn detection with consistent speaker ID ? Otter killers in other words.

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Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by theturtletalks »

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #8
theturtletalks wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried FluidVoice? Comes close to those 2 imo. I’m tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper

Nice collection! Do you know if any of those can do meeting transcription with turn detection with consistent speaker ID ? Otter killers in other words.

I actually found this one today and will be adding it to Opensource Builders soon. It seems to be an open-source Otter alternative:

https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

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Post by theturtletalks »

amanzi wrote: post #10
theturtletalks wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried FluidVoice? Comes close to those 2 imo. I’m tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper

Nice website, but would be great if you could include filters for which operating systems these apps support.

Yes I think adding it as a feature for each project shouldn't be too hard.

Re: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

#18

Post by theturtletalks »

youniverse wrote: post #12
theturtletalks wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried FluidVoice? Comes close to those 2 imo. I’m tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper

If this is your website, I would recommend an actually noticeable button to go to the repo, it took me a good minute to find the little icon lol.

Thanks for the feedback haha I’ll add it to the navbar so it’s easy to find for others.
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