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This was on HN 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114245 Every time a STT/TTS model is posted
by d4rkp4ttern 6mo ago
This was on HN 7 months ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114245
Every time a STT/TTS model is posted I wonder if it will change my current workflow on MacOS, which is:
STT with Parakeet-V3 via Hex [1] app for near-instant good-enough transcription for talking to AI agents.
TTS using KyutAI’s Pocket-TTS, an amazing 100M-param model. I used this to make a "voice" plugin [2] for Claude Code
So far I haven’t seen anything that replaces these for me, or haven't been persuaded enough to spend time testing an alternative (explore/exploit and all that).
[1] Hex STT app - https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex, which is macOS-only.
(also good free/OSS alternatives: Handy, VoiceInk. No need for Wispr, Superwhisper etc)
[2] Claude Code Voice Plugin - https://pchalasani.github.io/claude-code-tools/plugins-detail/voice/ https://pchalasani.github.io/claude-code-tools/plugins-detai...
- steinvakt2 6mo agoWhat do you consider to be the model with highest accuracy?
- d4rkp4ttern 6mo agoI guess you mean for STT. For my usecase of talking to AI's or coding agents, pure STT accuracy is less important than transcription speed. Transcription needs to be near-instant, and accuracy "good enough" so that the AI's can "read between the lines". Parakeet-V3 gives exactly this.