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2. 2VA
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   Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice

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   I made a macOS app to let me draw on the screen while on video calls▲232

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   Supavoice▲206

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   Speakmac▲190

   The offline dictation macOS should have had

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   JustScribe▲117

   On-device instant voice transcription

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   WhisperWizard▲149

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   TalkFlowy▲75

   Local real-time voice transcription for Mac

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    Roc – Real-Time streaming over the network▲126

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    MacWhisper▲123

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    Tapes for Mac▲67

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    Dictato▲93

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    Streaming Calls to a Browser with Voice WebSockets▲13

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16. 16BA
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