It has all the usual features, plus you can add project specific vocabulary in your repo. It detects the working folder based on the active window, reads a WORDBIRD.md file in that folder and corrects terms accordingly.
I just don't have the bandwidth to run another project, maintaining Handy is hard enough on it's own, especially for free!
I didn't just dismiss for no reason, I am a human! I have needs and I can't just sleeplessly stay in front of the computer putting out code. If I had more time I would, but alas.
Someone could easily vibe code an iOS version in a few hours. I could do the same but I do not have time to support it.
Awesome, thanks. Now it looks like five features are table stakes and there's no need to filter for, for example, speech to text. So, it would be interesting to see the differentiation, the why would I choose which one.
I see promise trying to get a bit more into curating by showing the top one or two or three picks for a given standout feature.
So... a vibe slop index to keep track of all the vibe slop apps?
The cherry on top: it’s completely broken! Enable the Context Awareness filter, the list shrinks. Now enable the Auto-pasting filter, the list grows back.
I wouldn't call it completely broken; Pressing buttons still does something, it looks like an OR filter instead of an AND. It should be updated to be an AND filter as that's more intuitive.
In the /r/macapps subreddit, they have huge influx of new apps posts, and the "whisper dictation" is one of the most saturated category. [0]
>“Compare” - This is the most important part. Apps in the most saturated categories (whisper dictation, clipboard managers, wallpaper apps, etc.) must clearly explain their differentiation from existing solutions.
I cobbled my own together one night before I came across the thoughtfully-built KeyVox and got to talking shop with its creator. Our cups runneth over. https://github.com/macmixing/keyvox/
I recently attended a agentic SWE workshop and the starter project was this, whispr style, local voice dictation app. Took everybody around 30mins. tbh: i was kinda impressed.
Yeah, but mine... Oh. Hello. sighs It's been three weeks since I tried to add feature to my version of the app. I don't miss it. I like this new life. Sober.
I'll have you know that I'm Matt's top contributor to Ghost Pepper and I'm nearly fifty
But I did it because I wanted it to work exactly the way I wanted it.
Also, for kicks, I (codex) ported it to Linux. But because my Linux laptop isn't as fast, I've had to use a few tricks to make it fast. https://github.com/obra/pepper-x
Its gotten so bad that its a meme on the macapps subreddit.
This is the unfortunate real face of open source. So many devs each making little sandcastles on their own when if efforts were combined, we could have had something truly solid and sustainable, instead of a litany of 90% there apps each missing something or the other, leaving people ending up using WisprFlow etc.
I'm tracking them all here:
https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper
Just added Ghost Pepper, and you can actually create a skill.md with the features you need to build your own
Please add wordbird as well: https://github.com/tillahoffmann/wordbird
It has all the usual features, plus you can add project specific vocabulary in your repo. It detects the working folder based on the active window, reads a WORDBIRD.md file in that folder and corrects terms accordingly.
(My friend Till built it)
Added Wordbird and its features
Handy with parakeet is pretty awesome by the way!
Agree. Slept on.
Wish they would do an ios version, but the creator already kind of dismissed it.
I just don't have the bandwidth to run another project, maintaining Handy is hard enough on it's own, especially for free!
I didn't just dismiss for no reason, I am a human! I have needs and I can't just sleeplessly stay in front of the computer putting out code. If I had more time I would, but alas.
Someone could easily vibe code an iOS version in a few hours. I could do the same but I do not have time to support it.
Thank you for your work, I highly appreciate it!
Thank you!!
Unlimited free Parakeet on iOS: VoiceInk
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voiceink-ai-dictation/id675143...
(I was searching the same as you before I found this last month)
i like handy a lot, so clean
Very nice. Two great features I'd suggest highlighting in two apps, one app of which you have listed.
1: livestream transcript directly into the cursor in real time (just like native macOS dictation)
2: show realtime transcript live in an overlay (still has to paste when done, unlike #1, but can still read live while dictating)
1- localvoxtral, 2- FluidVoice (bumping it to 7 features on your list)
Thank you, I have added localvoxtral[0] and fixed FluidVoice
0. https://github.com/T0mSIlver/localvoxtral
Awesome, thanks. Now it looks like five features are table stakes and there's no need to filter for, for example, speech to text. So, it would be interesting to see the differentiation, the why would I choose which one.
I see promise trying to get a bit more into curating by showing the top one or two or three picks for a given standout feature.
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Another one to add (1.5k stars on GitHub): https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex
Added Hex and its features
You could add foxsay, a great one : https://github.com/skulkworks/foxsay
Added Foxsay and its features
Do any of the apps support taking actions as you talk without having to hit stop?
Like telling it to edit the text or remove a word.
The filters selection seems to return a union not an intersection which is a bit confusing, at least to me.
I’ve fixed this issue, please try it again when you get a chance
So... a vibe slop index to keep track of all the vibe slop apps?
The cherry on top: it’s completely broken! Enable the Context Awareness filter, the list shrinks. Now enable the Auto-pasting filter, the list grows back.
I wouldn't call it completely broken; Pressing buttons still does something, it looks like an OR filter instead of an AND. It should be updated to be an AND filter as that's more intuitive.
hahah. It's slop all the way down.
Welcome to modern software
Can you add mine https://github.com/vorpus/D-scribe
In the /r/macapps subreddit, they have huge influx of new apps posts, and the "whisper dictation" is one of the most saturated category. [0]
>“Compare” - This is the most important part. Apps in the most saturated categories (whisper dictation, clipboard managers, wallpaper apps, etc.) must clearly explain their differentiation from existing solutions.
https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1r6d06r/new_post_r...
Seems like there’s also a huge influx of these apps as they’re relatively easy to make with LLMs.
That whole list of requirements there is actually a good thing that anyone who wants to make a new application should ask themselves.
I cobbled my own together one night before I came across the thoughtfully-built KeyVox and got to talking shop with its creator. Our cups runneth over. https://github.com/macmixing/keyvox/
I did mine on nixOS with a nice little indicator built into Noctalia.
It's remarkable how similar its performance is to Wispr Flow... and it runs locally...
In the most possible Apple fashion, I am waiting for MacOS 27 or 28 to have this builtin.
NGL had me chuckling a bit there when I remembered I had one of these to code on my backlog
I recently attended a agentic SWE workshop and the starter project was this, whispr style, local voice dictation app. Took everybody around 30mins. tbh: i was kinda impressed.
hahaha I’m glad I’m just a procedurally generated NPC
I built one for cross platform — using parakeet mlx or faster whisper. :)
My name is Cole and I have a speech to text app.
When I most recently abandoned it, the trigger word would fire one time in five.
Yeah, but mine... Oh. Hello. sighs It's been three weeks since I tried to add feature to my version of the app. I don't miss it. I like this new life. Sober.
Are there any better than Superwhisper? Because I haven't found any.
https://carelesswhisper.app
checking in
windows (kotlin multi platform) => https://github.com/maceip/daydream
parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2
now using Moonshine v2 Medium
hotword dict so no more "clawd" "dash" "dot com"
github.com/randomm/kuiskaus
Oh to be 20-something and do a bunch of free work for your portfolio again
I'll have you know that I'm Matt's top contributor to Ghost Pepper and I'm nearly fifty
But I did it because I wanted it to work exactly the way I wanted it.
Also, for kicks, I (codex) ported it to Linux. But because my Linux laptop isn't as fast, I've had to use a few tricks to make it fast. https://github.com/obra/pepper-x
I'll look at this, thank you. I haven't yet gotten around to vibe coding my own itch yet so maybe your scratching will do.
Its gotten so bad that its a meme on the macapps subreddit.
This is the unfortunate real face of open source. So many devs each making little sandcastles on their own when if efforts were combined, we could have had something truly solid and sustainable, instead of a litany of 90% there apps each missing something or the other, leaving people ending up using WisprFlow etc.
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