Fact · Dictation in your apps
whisrs offers cloud transcription through Groq, Deepgram or OpenAI, and also fully offline transcription through whisper.cpp.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Supports cloud transcription (Groq, Deepgram, OpenAI) and fully offline local transcription via whisper.cpp.”
whisrs (crate documentation, docs.rs), docs.rs, 2026, Project description.
Open the original- What it measures
- whisrs is an open-source dictation tool for Linux. The project's documentation says the offline option runs whisper.cpp on your own machine.
- What it does not show
- The project's own description, not an independent test. Its documentation says Groq is the default backend, so you must choose the local option during setup to keep audio off the network.