Official documentation
Welcome to hns Documentation
primaprashant, hns project (hns-cli.dev), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- The official documentation for hns, a speech-to-text command-line tool by primaprashant. Its overview describes how audio is recorded, transcribed locally with Whisper, and copied to the clipboard, and it lists the offline and privacy properties.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by the tool's maintainer and describes the current release. It is the maintainer's own description and has not been tested here, and it does not give a version number for the statements it makes.
Facts taken from this source
- The hns documentation says audio is processed entirely on the local machine, using a local Whisper model.
“Audio is processed entirely on your local machine using local Whisper.” (Highlights: 100% Local Speech Recognition)
- The hns documentation says transcribed text is copied to the clipboard, ready to be pasted anywhere, so it does not type into other apps.
“The transcribed text will be printed to your terminal and copied directly to your clipboard, ready to be pasted anywhere” (Usage, Speech to Clipboard highlight)
- The hns documentation says audio is processed locally and that no data leaves your device.
“Audio is processed entirely on your local machine using local Whisper. No data leaves your device” (Highlights: 100% Local Speech Recognition)
- The hns documentation says that after the initial model download, no internet connection is required to transcribe.
“After the initial model download, no internet connection is required.” (Overview, Highlights: Offline Voice to Text)