OpenWhisper

What it does

Most of us don’t want to pay $8 for Wisprflow or Superwhisper and then sit around waiting each week for credits to reset. So I built OpenWhisper, an open‑source alternative with no subscriptions and no account creation—just bring your own provider like Groq, ElevenLabs, or Deepgram with an API key. Their free tiers are generous and reset monthly, and in practice I’ve never hit a limit. Give it a try—and yes, all your transcriptions stay on your device.

OpenWhisper — Just Speak

No subscription, no account creation, 100% free to use. Just pick any provider that you want. Openwispher is free and open source. You can contribute to the project onfrom openland-beta.vercel.app

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