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This thread is a support group for people who have each independently built the same macOS speech-to-text app.
by atlgator 6mo ago
This thread is a support group for people who have each independently built the same macOS speech-to-text app.
- brcmthrowaway 6mo agoOh to be 20-something and do a bunch of free work for your portfolio again
- obrajesse 6mo agoI'll have you know that I'm Matt's top contributor to Ghost Pepper and I'm nearly fifty But I did it because I wanted it to work exactly the way I wanted it. Also, for kicks, I (codex) ported it to Linux. But because my Linux laptop isn't as fast, I've had to use a few tricks to make it fast. https://github.com/obra/pepper-x https://github.com/obra/pepper-x
- dotancohen 6mo agoI'll look at this, thank you. I haven't yet gotten around to vibe coding my own itch yet so maybe your scratching will do.
- deleted 6mo ago[deleted]
- tpowell 6mo agoI cobbled my own together one night before I came across the thoughtfully-built KeyVox and got to talking shop with its creator. Our cups runneth over. https://github.com/macmixing/keyvox/ https://github.com/macmixing/keyvox/
- lxe 6mo agohahaha I’m glad I’m just a procedurally generated NPC I built one for cross platform — using parakeet mlx or faster whisper. :)
- karimf 6mo agoIn the /r/macapps subreddit, they have huge influx of new apps posts, and the "whisper dictation" is one of the most saturated category. [0] >“Compare” - This is the most important part. Apps in the most saturated categories (whisper dictation, clipboard managers, wallpaper apps, etc.) must clearly explain their differentiation from existing solutions. https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1r6d06r/new_post_requirements_to_combat_low_quality/ https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1r6d06r/new_post_r...
- stingraycharles 6mo agoSeems like there’s also a huge influx of these apps as they’re relatively easy to make with LLMs. That whole list of requirements there is actually a good thing that anyone who wants to make a new application should ask themselves.
- vunderba 6mo agoThis and 100% client-side PDF editors/tools. It's the new "hello world" for vibe-coding.
- pmarreck 6mo agoAre there any better than Superwhisper? Because I haven't found any.
- Tsarp 6mo agohttps://carelesswhisper.app https://carelesswhisper.app
- fragmede 6mo agoYeah, but mine... Oh. Hello. sighs It's been three weeks since I tried to add feature to my version of the app. I don't miss it. I like this new life. Sober.
- rmac 6mo agochecking in windows (kotlin multi platform) => https://github.com/maceip/daydream https://github.com/maceip/daydream parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2
- rmac 6mo agonow using Moonshine v2 Medium hotword dict so no more "clawd" "dash" "dot com"
- seivan 6mo ago[dead]
- theturtletalks 6mo agoI'm tracking them all here: https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper Just added Ghost Pepper, and you can actually create a skill.md with the features you need to build your own
- bytesandbits 6mo agoHandy with parakeet is pretty awesome by the way!
- MegagramEnjoyer 6mo agoi like handy a lot, so clean
- perelin 6mo agoAgree. Slept on. Wish they would do an ios version, but the creator already kind of dismissed it.
- sipjca 6mo agoI just don't have the bandwidth to run another project, maintaining Handy is hard enough on it's own, especially for free! I didn't just dismiss for no reason, I am a human! I have needs and I can't just sleeplessly stay in front of the computer putting out code. If I had more time I would, but alas. Someone could easily vibe code an iOS version in a few hours. I could do the same but I do not have time to support it.
- colechristensen 6mo agoMy name is Cole and I have a speech to text app. When I most recently abandoned it, the trigger word would fire one time in five.
- aroman 6mo agoI did mine on nixOS with a nice little indicator built into Noctalia. It's remarkable how similar its performance is to Wispr Flow... and it runs locally...
- hbbio 6mo agoIn the most possible Apple fashion, I am waiting for MacOS 27 or 28 to have this builtin.
- dcreater 6mo agoIts gotten so bad that its a meme on the macapps subreddit. This is the unfortunate real face of open source. So many devs each making little sandcastles on their own when if efforts were combined, we could have had something truly solid and sustainable, instead of a litany of 90% there apps each missing something or the other, leaving people ending up using WisprFlow etc.
- jannniii 6mo agogithub.com/randomm/kuiskaus
- perelin 6mo agoI recently attended a agentic SWE workshop and the starter project was this, whispr style, local voice dictation app. Took everybody around 30mins. tbh: i was kinda impressed.
- nidnogg 6mo agoNGL had me chuckling a bit there when I remembered I had one of these to code on my backlog