Dictation app
Whisper Local
by Rohit Burani
A free open-source dictation app for Windows and macOS: press a hotkey, speak, and the text appears at the cursor, transcribed offline with Whisper.
- Windows
- Mac
Speech engine it runs
- faster-whisper by SYSTRAN
Every figure about Whisper Local
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
- Whisper Local: free2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: no traffic in use2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: local Ollama rewrite2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: on this Mac or PC2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: types into any app2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: vocabulary corrections2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: voice commands2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Whisper Local: works offline2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
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