Show HN: EarWing, an open source hardware device for transcription

Category: other

Tags: hardware, transcription, esp32, privacy, offline-ai, 3d-printing

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

EarWing is an open-source hardware device combining a 3D-printed beam-forming microphone array with an ESP32 board to capture meetings, offloading transcription and summarization to browser-based models. It offers a cloud-free, self-hosted alternative to commercial transcription hardware, using Parakeet and LFM 2.6B for on-device AI.

Target audience: privacy-conscious users, hardware hobbyists, meeting productivity users

Repository: https://github.com/nlothian/earwing · JavaScript · Apache-2.0 · 10 stars

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