speech-to-text

debpalash/VoiceStudio

A fully local, open-source voice studio covering 646 languages — VoiceStudio bundles voice cloning, voice design, dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobook creation into one local-first tool, positioned as an open-source ElevenLabs alternative. It runs on CUDA/MLX, exposes a local API and MCP for agents, and supports watch folders and reusable recipes for automated workflows.

VoiceStudio is the open-source, fully-local ElevenLabs alternative — voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription & audiobook creation in 646 languages.

cjpais/Handy

Offline speech-to-text that pastes directly into any app — Handy is a free, open source desktop app built with Tauri v2 that transcribes speech locally using Whisper or Parakeet V3, with Silero VAD filtering silence. Press a shortcut, speak, and text appears wherever you're typing—no cloud, no paywall. Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, aimed at privacy-conscious and accessibility-focused users.

A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.

Zackriya-Solutions/meetily

Rust-powered meeting assistant transcribes and summarizes fully offline — Meetily now runs 4x faster transcription via Parakeet/Whisper with speaker diarization and Ollama-based summarization, built in Rust for macOS and Windows. All processing stays local with no cloud dependency, making it suited for privacy-conscious teams and enterprises needing self-hosted meeting notes.

Privacy first AI meeting note taker. Download Free and open source granola, otter ai, fireflies alternative. Parakeet / Whisper live transcription, on-device speaker diarization, built on Rust. 100% local processing. Meetily (Meetly Ai - https://meetily.ai) is the #1 Self-hosted, Open-source Ai meeting note taker & Assistant for macOS & Windows

m-bain/whisperX

WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)

abus-aikorea/voice-pro

One Gradio UI for TTS, Voice Cloning, Whisper, and Dubbing — Voice-Pro bundles Edge-TTS/Kokoro TTS, zero-shot voice cloning (E2/F5-TTS, CosyVoice), Whisper-based transcription, YouTube download, Demucs vocal isolation, and multilingual translation into one Gradio web app. It targets creators and developers who want an end-to-end pipeline for subtitling, dubbing, and podcast/audiobook production without stitching separate tools together.

Gradio WebUI for creators and developers, featuring key TTS (Edge-TTS, kokoro) and zero-shot Voice Cloning (E2 & F5-TTS, CosyVoice), with Whisper audio processing, YouTube download, Demucs vocal isolation, and multilingual translation.

OpenWhispr/openwhispr

A free, open-source alternative to WisprFlow and Granola — OpenWhispr lets you dictate text anywhere on macOS, Windows, or Linux via hotkey. It supports fully offline transcription with local models (Whisper, NVIDIA Parakeet, Cohere Transcribe) or BYOK cloud processing, with no data collection, positioning it as a privacy-first open alternative to WisprFlow and Granola.

Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform.

techjarves/Portable-Local-Studio

A zero-setup, offline desktop studio bundling four AI model types — Portable AI Studio packages Stable Diffusion, GGUF LLM chat, Whisper speech-to-text, and Kokoro text-to-speech into one offline, zero-configuration app for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It uses GPU/NPU acceleration and skips cloud logins, tracking, or subscriptions, aimed at users wanting a self-contained local AI toolkit.

Portable local AI studio for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Zero-setup GUI for Image Generation, GGUF LLMs, Text to Speech & Speech to Text

yuxino/Mimi

Cross-platform live subtitles that translate system or mic audio in real time — Mimi is a Tauri/Rust desktop and Android app that captures computer or microphone audio and overlays real-time translated subtitles. It supports macOS, Windows, Linux (PipeWire/PulseAudio) and Android, making it useful for watching foreign-language videos, calls or streams without separate subtitle files.

把电脑或麦克风声音转成实时翻译字幕。Live translated subtitles from computer or microphone audio.

anomalyco/hex

Push-to-talk dictation that stays on your Mac, now spreading to Linux and Windows — HEX is a native Rust dictation app: hold a shortcut, speak, release, and the transcription pastes into whatever app you're using. Transcription runs on-device via a local speech model, with optional provider-backed voice commands kept separate. Originally macOS-only, it now ships Windows and Linux betas, making it interesting for privacy-conscious users across platforms.

Local-first voice dictation for macOS. Hold a shortcut, speak, and paste into any app. Native Rust, on-device speech recognition, and a Linux beta.

opennookorg/betterwispr

Free, open-source, local-first dictation app for macOS. Hold a shortcut, speak, and text is typed into any app. On-device speech-to-text with Whisper, Parakeet and Apple speech. Private, offline, open-source Wispr Flow alternative.

zephyr4123/speakmore

SpeakMore：口述成文，划词即译。开源、免费的语音输入与翻译工具，支持 Mac 与 Windows：语音输入、语音翻译、划词翻译。兼容 Gemini、OpenAI、通义千问、DeepSeek、Kimi、智谱 GLM、MiniMax 及任意 OpenAI 兼容服务，语音输入亦可完全在本机运行。附 Typeless 逆向分析。

watzon/sayso

Cross-platform dictation that keeps speech recognition on-device — Sayso is a Rust/GPUI dictation app for macOS, Windows, and Linux that pastes transcribed speech into any focused app via a hotkey. It runs local models (Parakeet, Whisper variants, SenseVoice, and more) using WhisperKit, transcribe-rs, or sherpa-onnx, with optional cloud transcription and AI-powered text styling if you add your own API key.

Dictation that runs on your own computer. Press a key, speak, and the text lands in the app you are using. Free and open source, for macOS, Windows, and Linux.