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Life & fun · October 24, 2026

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Whistle Translator

Offline speech-to-text, translation and dictation for Mac and Windows. Nothing you say leaves your computer.

Whistle Translator launched on October 24, 2026 with 1 votes.

What it does

An app for Mac and Windows that turns your voice into text and translates it, entirely on your computer. Speak in seven languages, translate into eight, record whole meetings, and hold a shortcut in any app to dictate. Nothing you say ever leaves your computer. Version 0.4.0 · Free · Mac: Apple Silicon, macOS 12 or later, 6.0 MB · Windows: 10 or 11, x64, 5.6 MB Turn off the kitchen lights and set a timer for ten minutes. Schalten Sie die Küchenbeleuchtung aus und stellen Sie einen Timer für zehn Minuten ein. Speech recognition and translation both run on your computer's processor. After a one-time model download, it works on a plane, in a basement, or with Wi-Fi switched off. Hold ⌥ Space (…from mahmoud.sh

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