Show HN: VoxScribe – local, offline voice dictation for Windows (open source)

Category: other

Tags: speech-recognition, offline, dictation, privacy, windows, android

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

VoxScribe is an open-source, offline voice dictation tool for Windows and Android that transcribes speech locally using faster-whisper and types text directly into any application. It offers features like hold-to-talk hotkeys, custom vocabularies, spoken commands, and audio/video to SRT conversion, all while keeping data private. The project combines local speech recognition with system-level text injection, filling a gap for free, privacy-focused dictation software.

Target audience: end users, accessibility users, privacy-conscious individuals, developers

Repository: https://github.com/ahmedhmam1994/voxscribe-ai-voice-dictation · Python · MIT · 24 stars

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