Anyone using a Wispr Flow alternative that is non-cloud?

Looking for something that runs on my device. What's everybody using?

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Looking for something that runs on my device.

What's everybody using?

17 comments

GaronG8 days ago

I've used a few and got so invested that I built my own. If I had to suggest some, they are also all Open Source:

Handy - It's great, supports Mac, Win and Linux. It's very focused on dictation, but it doesn't go too far outside of that. It's also completely free https://handy.computer/

VoiceInk - Mac only, and pretty good if you're on a Mac. It starts at $25 for one device. https://tryvoiceink.com/

Glimpse - the one I built. Mac and Windows, free local dictation. A lifetime license covers other paid features, w/ a 2 week free trial. https://tryglimpse.cc

quinncom8 days ago

[HEX](https://github.com/anomalyco/hex) is a nice open source app, although it’s in the middle of a rewrite into rust and cross-platform support is still in progress.

ORDINAND_PIZZA7 days ago

tried em all. much love for HEX

mrkn18 days ago

https://github.com/kouhxp/yapsnap free cpu first and open source

ryanchants8 days ago

FluidVoice has been working well enough for me on my laptop.

zenapollo8 days ago

Not sure if finetune is the right word here, but their default local model seems to be an in-house fork of parakeet (?, maybe whisper) that works a bit better on tech jargon than vanilla parakeet i use in handy. Though has a few other quirks. Take with a grain of salt as I’m a low volume user, but it’s been enjoyable to test. I kept my wife on handy while i test this one.

tefkah8 days ago

After using Superwhisper a lot i wanted something more accurate/faster, ie using Parakeet. I found https://opensuperwhisper.com/. It's pretty ok, long startup time however, and something is overriding the default Opt+` shortcut, so I'm using Opt+Space.

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