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I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Re: I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Post by sipjca »

Tsarp wrote: post #19

For folks looking to running speech to text locally(in the context of dictation) and dont want to do a subscription there are a few apps that run whisper large turbo locally (optimized to run really fast on apple silicon). 1. https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper (dictation + transcription) 2. https://carelesswhisper.app (does dictation only, and does it really well; cheapest) 3. https://superwhisper.com (both…

I’m the author of the post and will also be releasing an open source speech to text app in the coming weeks. It’s what I’ve been using for months, but packaging it for people

It’s going to be extremely simple, and hopefully easy enough to use. MIT licensed, free

Re: I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Andrew6rant wrote: post #13
jsheard wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Magic Mouse's charging port always gets memed on but to be honest that's the least offensive thing about it, since the battery goes for months between charges. The real problem is that it has some of the worst ergonomics of any input device on the market today for absolutely no reason besides aesthetics. If they moved the charging port it would still be a terrible mouse.

Agreed. I would call Apple's Magic Mouse the worst mouse of all time if it didn't have the cool feature of working as both a trackpad and a mouse. Haven't really seen that elsewhere

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Re: I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Post by ubercore »

teuobk wrote: post #6
cratermoon wrote: post #2

Scotty in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home picking up a Macintosh mouse and saying "computer"

My first thought as well! Here's the scene for those who are unaware: https://youtu.be/90eg_erObDo?si=E0ZbU_k-H7ANLqcZ&t=179

The movie is so corny, but remains my favorite!

Re: I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Post by mrweasel »

Andrew6rant wrote: post #13
jsheard wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Magic Mouse's charging port always gets memed on but to be honest that's the least offensive thing about it, since the battery goes for months between charges. The real problem is that it has some of the worst ergonomics of any input device on the market today for absolutely no reason besides aesthetics. If they moved the charging port it would still be a terrible mouse.

Agreed. I would call Apple's Magic Mouse the worst mouse of all time if it didn't have the cool feature of working as both a trackpad and a mouse. Haven't really seen that elsewhere

Even excluding the puck mouse, I'm sure there are worse mice than the Magic Mouse. It's still not a great product though. Technically it might be pretty clever, but the only way that can parse QA is if Apple exclusively hires testers with really small hands.

It doesn't matter that there's a trackpad on the top, because you can't use it. You'll need to curl your fingers to an uncomfortable degree and there's to little traction beneath the mouse to prevent it from slipping when using the trackpad functionality.

My guess is that the Magic Mouse needs to be close to 50% larger, certainly taller.

The Magic Trackpad however... I hope they never stop making those. That is the best input device anyone ever made. It's large, stable, precise and just a joy to use.

Re: I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button

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Post by Void_ »

Tsarp wrote: post #19

For folks looking to running speech to text locally(in the context of dictation) and dont want to do a subscription there are a few apps that run whisper large turbo locally (optimized to run really fast on apple silicon). 1. https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper (dictation + transcription) 2. https://carelesswhisper.app (does dictation only, and does it really well; cheapest) 3. https://superwhisper.com (both…

Here’s super fast and cheap alternative to Superwhisper:

https://whispertype.com

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