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For folks looking to running speech to text locally(in the context of dictation) and dont want to do a subscription there are a few apps that run whisper large
by Tsarp 1y ago
For folks looking to running speech to text locally(in the context of dictation) and dont want to do a subscription there are a few apps that run whisper large turbo locally (optimized to run really fast on apple silicon).
1. https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper (dictation + transcription)
2. https://carelesswhisper.app https://carelesswhisper.app (does dictation only, and does it really well; cheapest)
3. https://superwhisper.com https://superwhisper.com (both local and hosted models + lots of bells and whistles, but much higher pricing)
- sipjca 1y agoI’m the author of the post and will also be releasing an open source speech to text app in the coming weeks. It’s what I’ve been using for months, but packaging it for people It’s going to be extremely simple, and hopefully easy enough to use. MIT licensed, free
- Void_ 1y agoHere’s super fast and cheap alternative to Superwhisper: https://whispertype.com https://whispertype.com
- DougBTX 1y agoDo any of these support streaming dictation, to show text progressively while dictating?
- 7839284023 1y agoYou forgot about https://tryvoiceink.com/ https://tryvoiceink.com/ 19 Dollar and Open-Source.
- czarofvan 1y agoI've looked at the codebase. The ones I listed do a significant amount of audio processing to get better transcripts, avoid the "Thank you" issues with whisper large turbo, handle bluetooth and noisy environments. Hopefully VoiceInk gets there. It is a neat project and really well done for a first time dev but rough around the edges. Careless is ~20$ and if you just need dictation is the best option.