[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":845},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-47666024":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":195,"shape":204,"grid":209,"attempts":807,"same_week":808,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":838,"reader_version":839,"card":840},"47666024","Ghost Pepper","Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS","title","Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmatthartman\u002Fghost-pepper","github.com","MattHart88",1775505016,2026,467,200,61,4366,2,"legend","productivity","speech-to-text dictation","desktop_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"speech to text","macos dictation","offline transcription","whisper","local ai","curious",0,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":18,"critical":32},12,31,57,{"performance":36,"idea":38,"design":40,"execution":41,"privacy":42,"docs":44},{"positive":37,"critical":18},1,{"positive":18,"critical":39},4,{"positive":37,"critical":37},{"positive":30,"critical":18},{"positive":43,"critical":30},3,{"positive":30,"critical":37},[43,43,30,30,46,37,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,46,30,43,37,30,37,30,43,43,43,43,43,30,43,37,18,43,37,43,39,43,43,43,39,39,39,37],5,"I built this because I wanted to see how far I could get with a voice-to-text app that used 100% local models so no data left my computer. I've been using a ton for coding and emails. Experimenting with using it as a voice interface for my other agents too. 100% open-source MIT license, would love feedback, PRs, and ideas on where to take it.",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":56,"motivation":60,"time_to_build":55,"stack":64,"openness":76,"stage":77,"team_size":78},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Voice-to-text without sending data to the cloud","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",null,{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Free, MIT license",[59],{"id":54},{"value":61,"source":51,"evidence":62},"Wanted a voice-to-text app using 100% local models so no data leaves the computer",[63],{"id":54},[65,72],{"value":66,"source":67,"evidence":68},"Whisper","commenter",[69],{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"47667124","Thanks! We currently have 2 multi-lingual options available: - Whisper small (multilingual) (~466 MB, supports many languages) - Parakeet v3 (25 languages) (~1.4 GB, supports 25…",{"value":73,"source":67,"evidence":74},"Parakeet v3",[75],{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":80,"objections":92,"requests":122,"questions":144,"alternatives":168},[81],{"value":82,"source":67,"evidence":83},"Useful local-first privacy approach",[84,88],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"47669791","maxmorrish","love seeing more local-first tools like this. feels like theres been a real shift since the codebeautify breach last year, people are actually thinking about where there data…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"47670716","sorkhabi","Well done",[93,104,115],{"value":94,"source":67,"evidence":95},"Too many similar whisper dictation apps already exist",[96,100],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"47667921","atlgator","This thread is a support group for people who have each independently built the same macOS speech-to-text app.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"47669021","karimf","In the \u002Fr\u002Fmacapps subreddit, they have huge influx of new apps posts, and the \"whisper dictation\" is one of the most saturated category. 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It’s been around a while and what I’ve been using. https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcjpais\u002Fhandy",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"47669046","pmarreck","How does this compare with Superwhisper, which is otherwise excellent but not cheap?",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"47668845","raybb","Would also like to know how it compares to https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fopenwhispr\u002Fopenwhispr I like that openwhisper lets me do on device and set a remote provider.",{"value":161,"source":67,"evidence":162},"Does it stream text as you speak or wait until finished",[163,167],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"47667671","douglaswlance","does it input the text as soon as it hears it? or does it wait until the end?",{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},[169,177,184,191],{"value":170,"source":67,"evidence":171},"Handy",[172,173],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"47669076","cupcake-unicorn","https:\u002F\u002Fhandy.computer\u002F already exists?",{"value":178,"source":67,"evidence":179},"Superwhisper",[180,183],{"id":181,"by":154,"text":182},"47669052","Are there any better than Superwhisper? Because I haven't found any.",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},{"value":185,"source":67,"evidence":186},"MacWhisper",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"47668488","dakila5","MacWhisper is also a good one",{"value":192,"source":67,"evidence":193},"OpenWhispr",[194],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},{"comments":39,"answered":37,"key":196},[197,200,203],{"id":198,"text":199},"47667306","I've found the \"corrections\" feature works well for most of the jargon and misspelling use cases. Can you give it a try and let me know edge cases?",{"id":201,"text":202},"47667099","I like this idea and it should work -- whatever microphone you have on should be able to hear the speaker. 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