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Products that do what VibeSonic does
Not just dictation and private AI voice toolkit
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Hey HN! Braden here, creator of Whispering, an open-source speech-to-text app. I really like dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were almost good, but they were all closed-source. Even a lot of them that claimed to be “local” or “on-device” were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went. So I built Whispering. It’s open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. Your data is stored locally on your device, and your audio goes directly from your machine to a local provider (Whisper C++, Speaches, etc.) or your chosen…
2025 · github.com
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Dictation for Cursor & AI IDEs, the fastest way to vibe code
Feb 2026 · willowvoice.com
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Perfect voice dictation for macOS, powered by Whisper AI.
Jan 2026 · dictationformac.com
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Dear HN, Wordbird is an open-source voice dictation app for macOS, powered by Nvidia Parakeet running locally on Apple Silicon via MLX. You can teach it project-specific terms like brand names or frameworks using a project-level WORDBIRD.md file. Run it via `uvx wordbird`. Press a hotkey, speak, and your words are transcribed and pasted into whatever app is focused. A small LLM, also running locally, post-processes the transcription to fix errors. If you use apps like VS Code, Zed, Terminal.app or iTerm, Wordbird will know which directory you're in, look up a project-specific WORDBIRD.md…
Mar 2026 · github.com
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