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Local-first dictation. Your voice never leaves your PC

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   Whisperstream▲77

   Local AI dictation for Windows

   19d ago · whisperstream.io

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   Dictato▲93

   Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

   Feb 2026

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   Walkie▲228

   Free local AI voice dictation tool

   Apr 2026

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   SpeakoFlow▲95

   Free, open-source voice dictation and AI assistant, offline

   Aug 2026 · speakoflow.com

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   Speakmac▲190

   The offline dictation macOS should have had

   Nov 2025

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   VoiceGecko▲102

   Open source, local voice-to-text

   26d ago · voicegecko.dev

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   HyNote for Mac▲383

   Free local transcription that is 100% Private

   17d ago · hynote.ai

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   Phantom Voice▲79

   Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac

   Jul 2026 · leftinverse.com

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   Aloud▲118

   Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run

   17d ago · aloud.sh

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    Lispr▲240

    Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere

    Jul 2026 · lispr.ai

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    VoicePad AI▲53

    Offline voice dictation for Windows, Mac, iOS & Android

    Jul 2026 · voicepad.tech

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    Whispering▲195

    Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust

    2025

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    Whisper Snapper for Mac▲139

    Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export

    Dec 2025

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    TongueType for macOS▲109

    Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

    May 2026

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    Zen Whisper▲136

    On-device Mac dictation that types into any app

    Aug 2026 · zenproducts.ai

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    Juno▲167

    Free, local AI powered Voice to Text w/ live transcriptions

    Jun 2026 · usejuno.co

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    Spoke▲102

    Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.

    Mar 2026

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    Dictation▲128

    Voice memos with accurate AI transcriptions

    2023

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    Yap▲140

    Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device

    Jul 2026 · frigade.com

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    Whisper Notes▲115

    Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS

    2025

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    yapyap▲148

    Own your voice again. Local-first voice & meeting recorder.

    Aug 2026 · yap-yap.app

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    AI dication by Snaply▲101

    Free, 100% local, AI dictation for Mac

    Jan 2026

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    Open-source transcription that costs $0.02/hour instead of $30/month▲7

    I built Whispering because I believe transcription is too fundamental a tool to be locked behind paywalls. It's a cross-platform desktop and web transcription app that turns speech into text with a keyboard shortcut, among other things. The app lets you bring your own API key (OpenAI, Groq, etc.) and make direct calls. If you want complete privacy, it also supports local transcription. Either way, your audio never goes through any middleman servers. It's super lightweight (~22MB), built with Svelte 5 and Tauri, and works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. I've been using it daily for the past few…

    2025 · github.com

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    Universal Dictation on Stream▲95

    Private Voice Ring for dictation across iOS & Mac

    Jul 2026 · sandbar.com

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