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Voice transcription lives in the Mac notch

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Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust▲591
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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Walkie▲228
Free local AI voice dictation tool
Apr 2026 · trywalkie.com
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Whisper Snapper for Mac▲139
Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export
Dec 2025
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Whisper Notes▲115
Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS
2025
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TalkTastic for macOS▲520
Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024
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MacWhisper▲123
High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac
2023
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VoiceOS App Store▲330
The app store for voice native apps that lives in your notch
28d ago · voiceos.com
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Zen Whisper▲136
On-device Mac dictation that types into any app
Aug 2026 · zenproducts.ai
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Dictato▲93
Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac
Feb 2026
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TalkFlowy▲75
Local real-time voice transcription for Mac
Apr 2026 · talkflowy.com
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TongueType for macOS▲109
Local dictation for macOS without the subscription
May 2026 · tonguetype.app
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Yap▲140
Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device
Jul 2026 · frigade.com
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Phantom Voice▲79
Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac
Jul 2026 · leftinverse.com
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Speakmac▲78
Private voice typing for Mac that works anywhere
Apr 2026 · speakmac.app
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Aloud▲118
Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run
17d ago · aloud.sh
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WhisperWizard▲149
Speech to text with smarter transcription
2024
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OpenWhisper – free, local, and private voice-to-text macOS app▲37
I wanted a voice-to-text app but didn't trust any of the proprietary ones with my privacy. So I decided to see if I could vibe code it with 0 macOS app & Swift experience. It uses a local binary of whisper.cpp (a fast implementation of OpenAI's Whisper voice-to-text model in C++). Github: https://github.com/richardwu/openwhisper I also decided to take this as an opportunity to compare 3 agentic coding harnesses: Cursor w/ Opus 4.6: - Best one-shot UI by far - Didn't get permissioning correct - Had issues making the "Cancel recording" hotkey being turned on all the…
Feb 2026 · github.com
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VibeSonic▲64
Not just dictation and private AI voice toolkit
Apr 2026 · vibesonic.ai
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Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download▲104
Hey HN! I wanted to share this OSS project I've been working on. It's called Yap and its a small menu-bar app for macOS that does voice to text for any input. You'll set a hotkey, press it, talk, press it again, and the text gets pasted into whatever field you were in. Everything runs locally and never leaves your computer. Fully OSS and MIT licensed. With macOS 26, Apple recently added two new APIs, SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber, that do streaming on-device speech to text using models the OS ships and manages. So the app ships no model of its own and loads nothing before the first…
Jul 2026 · github.com
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Stenox▲72
Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser
Jan 2026
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WhisperBud▲10
On-device dictation for Mac that formats as you speak
Jul 2026 · offloop.work
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VoicePad AI▲53
Offline voice dictation for Windows, Mac, iOS & Android
Jul 2026 · voicepad.tech
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Spoke▲102
Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.
Mar 2026
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WhisperUI▲120
Most affordable text-to-speech and speech-to-text service
2024

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