FnKey

macOS dictation with Deepgram stream

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What it does

A tiny Rust menu bar app for macOS. Hold Fn to activate the mic, speak, release to paste. Audio streams to Deepgram Nova-3 in real time — no batch delay. Falls back to Groq Whisper. Open source, free.

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