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Products that do what Solution to RSI and poor Mac dictation, accurately transcribes "memcpy" does
About a year ago, my RSI had gotten to the point where I needed to take days off. I went down the rabbit hole of trackball mice, split keyboards, and dictation. Talon voice coding seemed like the dream solution I was looking for, but I just couldn’t get it right (here’s a link to the video I was inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZZb12Qp6-0)). Around the same time, I increasingly adapted to new ways of life- tabbing, code suggests, completions, chat-based coding (I know, I know), and brainstorming with tools like Copilot, Codeium, Claude, and then Cursor. Mac's…
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Hey HN! I’m Christian, daily lurker and some might remember our original launch post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935355). Today we're launching Pinch for Mac, which we believe is a step-change improvement in real-time AI translation. Our vision is to make cross-lingual conversations feel as natural as regular conversations. TL:DR During an online meeting, the app instantly transcribes and translates all audio you hear, and allows you to decide when you translate your voice and when you don't. It's invisible to others (like Granola), and works everywhere without any…
2025 · startpinch.com
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On-device voice recorder that transcribes + exports Markdown
Jun 2026 · fieldbw.com
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Hey HN, I built superwhisper out of frustration with the native dictation capabilities of macOS. Inaccurate, required manual punctuation, didnt activate in some contexts or would have audio capture issues. I wanted a replacement that worked offline, had cross language support, was configurable and worked in any application. Under the hood the app is using whisper.cpp, which runs really well on the Apple Silicon chips. You can use the base and standard size models for free, larger models sizes and languages other than english are paid. Let me know what you think! For context, I launched this…
2023 · superwhisper.com
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