Looking for something that runs on my device. What's everybody using?
Discussion Highlights (9 comments)
ryanchants
FluidVoice has been working well enough for me on my laptop.
GaronG
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
tamler
I've been building one for Mac: https://clarifyfor.me/
bloomfieldj
Monologue and Superwhisper are my go-tos: https://www.monologue.to/ https://superwhisper.com/
hamelcubsfan
Big fan of https://www.macwhisper.com/ Can use local or cloud models.
sputknick
I use Handy, it's fine, my complaint is that you can't have it clean up your grammar mistakes, it just records your words exactly as is. But for that it's great
Enzime
I've used https://carelesswhisper.app/ which is available in the macOS App Store
monneyboi
Moonshine.ai I've put it in a simple android app https://github.com/resolveworks/scribe if you're interested
mrkn1
https://github.com/kouhxp/yapsnap free cpu first and open source
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Discussion Highlights (9 comments)
ryanchants
FluidVoice has been working well enough for me on my laptop.
GaronG
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
tamler
I've been building one for Mac: https://clarifyfor.me/
bloomfieldj
Monologue and Superwhisper are my go-tos: https://www.monologue.to/ https://superwhisper.com/
hamelcubsfan
Big fan of https://www.macwhisper.com/ Can use local or cloud models.
sputknick
I use Handy, it's fine, my complaint is that you can't have it clean up your grammar mistakes, it just records your words exactly as is. But for that it's great
Enzime
I've used https://carelesswhisper.app/ which is available in the macOS App Store
monneyboi
Moonshine.ai I've put it in a simple android app https://github.com/resolveworks/scribe if you're interested
mrkn1
https://github.com/kouhxp/yapsnap free cpu first and open source