SpeakCLI
Speak. It types. Local push-to-talk dictation for devs.
SpeakCLI launched on May 23, 2026 with 1 votes.
What it does
SpeakCLI is a push-to-talk dictation for developers. Press Ctrl+., speak, and your words land wherever your cursor is - Claude Code, your editor, anywhere (Hotkey adjustable). Whisper runs locally on your CPU. No audio ever leaves your machine. No API keys, no rate limits, no subscriptions. Free to download — $9.99 once for Pro, then own it forever. • Voice macros: "deploy staging" → npm run deploy:staging • CLI-aware dictionary (kubectl, terraform, npx) • 99 languages + translate-to-English
Press Ctrl+. anywhere in Windows or Linux and speak — your words land at the cursor. Runs Whisper locally. No cloud, no telemetry, no subscription. $9.99 one-time.
SpeakCLI is a push-to-talk dictation tool for Windows and Linux. Press Ctrl + . speak, and your words land wherever your cursor is — Claude Code, Warp, your editor, anywhere. Whisper runs on your machine. No audio ever leaves your device. Six things that matter. Six things we ship. No empty pricing tiers, no "Enterprise" upsell calls. Everything below is in the box. Whisper runs on your CPU. No audio ever leaves your machine, no API keys, no rate limits. Works on a plane. Map spoken phrases to text. "Deploy staging" → npm run deploy:staging. Exact match or regex. Tell SpeakCLI about kubectl, terraform, npx. Whisper picks them up cleanly instead of guessing. Lowercase, strip spoken…from speakcli.dev
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