Its great, i have been using it . Two requests though 1. iOS app 2. API option to use against meeting transcription or route audio from Mic .
+1 on the meeting tranecription
Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app
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#72FluidVoice for macOS is pretty handy as well. Open source under Apache License. https://altic.dev/fluid https://github.com/altic-dev/FluidVoice
Its vibe coded UI feels too complicated.
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#73On a M4 Macbook Air, there was enough lag to make it unusable for me. I hit the shortcut and start speaking but there was always a 1-2sec delay before it would actually start transcribing even if the icon was displayed.
What microphone are you using?
Airpods Max (is that the name?) - the big ones.
Re: Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app
#74On a M4 Macbook Air, there was enough lag to make it unusable for me. I hit the shortcut and start speaking but there was always a 1-2sec delay before it would actually start transcribing even if the icon was displayed.
Curious if you were using AirPods or other Bluetooth headphones for this? If so, there should be "keep microphone on" or similar setting in the config that may help with this, alternatively, I set my microphone to my MacBook mic so that my headphones aren't involved at all and there is much less latency on activation
Airpods Max (is that the name?) - the big ones.
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#75https://hex.kitlangton.com/ is good
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#76This is great, and I love that this is not another webapp
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#77On Windows this depends on webview2, which the installer attempts to download. No mention of this requirement in the readme. It's a shame this software isn't portable
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#78Explain to me why a speech-to-text app has 50% of its code in typescript...?
Not the author/contributor, but the app is built using Tauri for easy multi-platform support, so the backend logic is implemented in Rust and the frontend UI is implemented in TypeScript. I think it’s a valid choice. GitHub does not include any model _code_ in the stats; the models will be downloaded separately the first time you use them. Hope this helps.
I know many people hate sites like this, but I actually like them for these use cases. You can get a quick, LLM-generated overview of the architecture, e.g. here: https://codewiki.google/github.com/cjpais/handy
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#79WhisperTux on linux worked ok, curious how Handy compares: https://github.com/cjams/whispertux
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#80I have dystonia which often stiffens my arms in a way that makes it impossible for me to type on a keyboard. TTS apps like SuperWhisper have proven to be very helpful for me in such situations. I am hoping to get a similar experience out of "Handy" (very apt maming from my perspective). I do, however, wonder if there is a way all these TTS tools can get to the next level. The generated text should not be just a verba…
I made something called `ultraplan`. It's is a CLI tool that records multi-modal context (audio transcription via local Whisper, screenshots, clipboard content, etc.) into a timeline that AI agents like Claude Code can consume. I have a claude skill `/record` that runs the CLI which starts a new recording. I debug, research, etc., then say "finito" (or choose your own stopword). It outputs a markdown file with your t…
Definitely interested in that!