Dictation app
BetterWispr
by BetterWispr
A free, open-source Mac dictation app that types clean text into any app using local speech models, with a writing style for each app and built-in meeting notes.
- Mac
Speech engines it runs
- NVIDIA Parakeet by NVIDIAParakeet TDT v3, English: 4.48%Parakeet TDT v3, No noise: 4.44%Parakeet TDT v3, 20 dB: 4.44%Parakeet TDT v3, 10 dB: 4.48%Parakeet TDT v3, 5 dB: 7.85%Parakeet TDT v3, 0 dB: 44.47%
- Whisper by OpenAIWhisper large-v3-turbo, English: 3.92%Whisper large-v3-turbo, No noise: 3.78%Whisper large-v3-turbo, 20 dB: 4.2%Whisper large-v3-turbo, 10 dB: 5.51%Whisper large-v3-turbo, 5 dB: 13.92%Whisper large-v3-turbo, 0 dB: 66.09%
Word error rates from our own tests on public recordings: English in a quiet room and with background talk. Lower is better.
Key figures
Every figure about BetterWispr
Each figure is a row of a research dataset. Open it for the exact words of its source or the exact request it was read from.
Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI
- BetterWispr: no audio to maker2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: custom vocabulary2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: free, Apache 2.02026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: AI edits on Mac2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: optional AI provider2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: speech on device2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: types into any app2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: voice editing commands2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- BetterWispr: works offline2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
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