Wispro

Wispr Flow is an AI voice-input and dictation tool that uses speech recognition and contextual editing to convert spoken commands into formatted text for writing, messaging, and interaction with desktop applications.

OpenWhispr is an open-source, cross-platform desktop voice-to-text application for macOS, Windows, and Linux. A global hotkey captures speech and inserts the resulting text at the cursor in another application; dictation can use local Whisper or NVIDIA Parakeet speech-to-text engines, where audio remains on the device, or cloud providers through user-supplied keys. It also supports dictation translation, AI-agent commands, meeting transcription with speaker diarization and voice fingerprinting, audio and video transcription, and searchable notes with semantic search and optional cloud sync. The application is built with Electron, React, TypeScript, SQLite, whisper.cpp, and sherpa-onnx, and provides an API and MCP server for programmatic access to notes and transcriptions. The repository describes it as having no data collection or telemetry and distributes installers for the three supported desktop platforms. It is licensed under the MIT license.

Handy is a free, open-source, cross-platform desktop speech-to-text application that transcribes speech locally and inserts the resulting text into the active text field. A configurable keyboard shortcut starts recording in hold-to-talk or toggle mode; Handy filters silence with Silero voice activity detection, transcribes with local Whisper or Parakeet models, and pastes the result into the application in use without sending audio to the cloud. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, supports Whisper models with GPU acceleration when available and the CPU-optimized Parakeet V3 model with automatic language detection, and provides CLI controls for recording and startup behavior. Linux text input may require tools such as xdotool, wtype, or dotool, and Wayland support has stated limitations. The project is distributed under the MIT License, although its name, logo, icon, and brand assets are not open-source.