betterwispr
Free, open-source, local-first dictation app for macOS. Hold a shortcut, speak, and text is typed into any app. On-device speech-to-text with Whisper, Parakeet and Apple speech. Private, offline, open. BetterWispr is a private, offline speech-to-text app and an open-source alternative to Wispr Flow.
opennookorg · Voice & Text-to-Speech
Alternative to (project's own claim): Wispr Flow
Common commercial products in this category: ElevenLabs, Amazon Polly, Google Cloud Text-to-Speech
- Dictate anywhere: hold-to-talk or press-to-toggle, with a shortcut you choose.
- On-device models: Apple speech, Parakeet v3 (25 European languages), Parakeet v2 (English) and Whisper large-v3 turbo.
- Vocabulary: spelling hints and phrase replacements for names and jargon.
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac
“i used handy a year ago, i think it was my first voice dictation app trial. the reason it is bad, it's a 150-200mb binary i remembered downloading, it was not accurate for my accent, was missing lot of words, i tried wisprflow and it was accurate, the dx was top notch and i was…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Make the 2-minute dictation limit configurable
“I speak slowly with long pauses, and I've hit the 2-minute cap a couple of times mid-thought. It's hard-coded here: Could it be a setting (e.g. 2 / 5 / 10 min, defaulting to 2)? Thanks, really enjoying the app. --- **Other limits I noticed while looking (in case they matter):**…”
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