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CLUSTER TEXT-SPEECH-DESKTOP · 14 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-04

Desktop dictation hotkey apps

This cluster comprises desktop utilities that transcribe speech via a hotkey and insert the resulting text into the active application. Only three dated entries exist before the index start, so the cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from. Traction is led by dsh-voice-scribe with 32 stars, followed by whisprtypr with 1 star and 0type with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2025: 1MAR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 3AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 6OCT 2026: 1
APR 2025OCT 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 · 4 ai-built · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 6 hobby · 3 indie · 1 open source · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 14 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01dsh-voice-scribe33★21 days—Voice input plugin that transcribes speech captured with a hotkey and inserts the resulting text into an AI coding assistant's composer.
  2. 02IrisFlow3★1 mo—Desktop app that provides speech-to-text dictation into any application by holding a key and speaking.
  3. 03OrderlySTT0★17 days—indieDesktop voice input tool that records speech while a hotkey is held, transcribes it locally, and pastes the text at the cursor.
  4. 04whisprtypr2★24 daysliveDesktop app that turns speech into text by holding a hotkey and inserting transcribed text at the cursor, with optional cloud transcription.
  5. 05benedict0★24 dayslivehobbyLinux desktop tool that turns speech into text in any application via push-to-talk and pastes the transcript at the cursor.
  6. 06VoiceBoom0★22 days—hobbyDesktop voice input tool that converts speech to text in real time with global hotkeys and multiple speech recognition engines.
  7. 07linux-whisper0★12 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.
  8. 08voxlore0★25 days—indieDesktop voice-to-text app that transcribes speech while a hotkey is held and inserts the resulting text into the active application.
  9. 09voicedo0★22 dayslivehobbyDesktop dictation app that transcribes speech captured with a push-to-talk hotkey and inserts the text into the active application via a user-provided AI speech recognition service.
  10. 10vibevoice2★4 moliveai-builthobbyDesktop app that transcribes spoken prompts into text and inserts them at the cursor for AI coding assistants.
  11. 11whisper-hotkeyd0★3 moliveopen sourcePush-to-talk voice transcription app that converts speech to text and copies it to the clipboard, with system tray controls.
  12. 12vaani-speech-to-text7★1 yrabandoned—ai-builtAI speech-to-text desktop application that transcribes spoken words into written text, enabling note-taking and dictation.
  13. 13Teasr3★6 mostale—ai-builthobbyDesktop application that converts speech into polished text through hotkey-driven voice input, supporting phone-based microphone input for computers without one.
  14. 14QuickGroq0★5 mo—ai-builtindieCross-platform desktop app that turns spoken words into text in any program using a hotkey and free AI speech recognition.

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