VoiceTypr

Voicetypr turns a global keyboard shortcut into a dictation pipeline for any text field on the machine. Press the shortcut, speak, and the transcript lands at the active cursor, which removes the round trip through a separate transcription window or a metered web service.

The app is built with Tauri v2, Rust and React, with audio recording, transcription orchestration, hotkeys, history and cursor insertion all handled in Rust. Local transcription is the default, using Whisper on both platforms and Apple Silicon optimized Parakeet models on macOS. On Windows an optional Vulkan path runs in an isolated sidecar so the main process stays CPU safe.

Settings decide how much of the work leaves the machine.

• Local models: audio and transcripts stay on the device, with model files downloaded once and kept there.
• Cloud speech to text: Soniox, OpenAI, Groq, Deepgram and Cohere are available when a provider suits the job better.
• AI formatting: rough dictation can be cleaned up by OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or a custom OpenAI compatible endpoint.
• Transcript history: search, filter, compare original against formatted text, copy, save or re-transcribe an entry.
• Network sharing: another Voicetypr installation on your network can act as a private transcription server.
• Agent-ready CLI: scripts and local agents get audio to text and microphone capture with plain text or JSON output.

macOS 14 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 build 19041 or later are required, along with microphone and accessibility permissions. Releases are signed and notarized on macOS and also installable from the Microsoft Store. The source is AGPL v3.