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CLUSTER OFFLINE-SPEECH-VOICE · 45 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-06-09

Offline voice dictation apps

This cluster consists of offline voice dictation apps that transcribe speech locally and insert text into the active application via hotkeys, with optional AI cleanup and a focus on privacy. The dated history before the index start is thin but shows entries in February, June, and July, with the most entries in June. Parakeet-dictation leads the cluster with 15 stars, followed by ukrainian-voice-typing with 10 and freehand-stt with 3.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2026: 2AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 26OCT 2026: 16
JUN 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled

Operator · 17 hobby · 1 indie · 1 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21PolyglotSTT1★23 days—hobbyOffline speech-to-text app for Windows that provides live dictation and generates SRT subtitles with translation across multiple languages.
  2. 22wayvoice0★5 days—hobbyDesktop utility that transcribes speech into text in the active application via a hotkey, working entirely offline.
  3. 23flowd0★12 days—hobbyLocal offline streaming dictation tool for Linux that uses on-device models to clean up transcribed speech, preserving privacy.
  4. 24whispskrid0★22 dayslivehobbyOffline speech-to-text dictation tool for Linux that types transcribed speech into the focused window while a key is held.
  5. 25voisu-win0★7 daysliveWindows dictation app that transcribes speech in real time using parallel speech recognition engines and types the result wherever the cursor is.
  6. 26Voice_VibeCoding0★1 day—ai-builthobbyDesktop app that maps a Bluetooth remote to keyboard keys and transcribes offline voice dictation into code for developers.
  7. 27say-the-word0★1 day—hobbyDesktop app that transcribes spoken words into text wherever the user is typing, running fully on-device so audio never leaves the computer.
  8. 28freedictate0★15 days—hobbyLocal dictation app that transcribes speech into text at the cursor with push-to-talk, working fully offline on Windows.
  9. 29voice-assistant0★8 days—hobbyDesktop voice assistant that transcribes speech with a hotkey and records English lectures or podcasts, translating them into Russian offline.
  10. 30handless0★6 days—hobbyDesktop app that turns speech into text offline and types the recognized words into the active window in real time.
  11. 31voice-notepad0★8 days—hobbyOffline notepad app that transcribes Polish and English speech into editable notes, running entirely on the user's own computer.
  12. 32recorder-mac0★5 days—hobbyDesktop app that transcribes speech to text offline without altering wording, and offers classroom note-taking and IELTS speaking practice feedback.
  13. 33plaudertaste0★8 days—hobbyWindows app that provides offline speech-to-text dictation using a local speech model, letting users type by voice into any application without cloud upload.
  14. 34linux-whisper0★8 days—hobbyLinux tool that turns speech into typed text at the cursor anywhere on the desktop when a hotkey is pressed, with all transcription local.
  15. 35omniflow0★22 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal-first voice dictation and typing copilot that transcribes speech offline and expands text snippets for faster typing.
  16. 36Polished Recognition0★1 moliveopen sourceVoice input app that transcribes speech through user-configured AI endpoints and works with any keyboard.
  17. 37voxable0★16 days—hobbyLocal voice dictation app that transcribes speech and types text into active apps with optional AI cleanup, works offline.
  18. 380type0★15 days—indieDesktop overlay for Linux that transcribes speech to text and copies it to the clipboard with a hotkey, entirely offline.
  19. 39feather-dictation1★28 days—hobbyWindows tray app that types spoken words into any focused text field on key hold, enabling hands-free dictation.
  20. 40flow-local0★25 days—hand-codedhobbyOffline dictation tool that transcribes speech locally and types it into the focused application when a hotkey is held.

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