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Typing is for suckers. Voice ftw. What are you using for dictating? I've been going back an forth between superwhisper and the built in MacOS one Also testing a few others like Tuna

11/5/26, 8:47 pm2 reposts29 likes

Seve Savoie Teruel

@techsev.bsky.social

11 May

Handy.computer works great on PC and it's free!

handy.computerHandyHandy is a cross platform, open-source, speech-to-text application for your computer

Francis Provost

@francisprovost.com

13 May

I’m using it on macOS and it’s great! Not perfect but good enough for my usage

Tobias Reich

@electerious.bsky.social

12 May

For some reason, the speech detection isn't always the same in different apps, even when using the same model. Right now I'm very happy with how stable and good the results are in www.typewhisper.com/en/

typewhisper.comTypeWhisper 1.3 for macOS - Private Speech-to-TextTypeWhisper 1.3 is available for macOS with unified workflows, local dictation, file transcription, and more reliable automation. Windows beta and iOS alpha are available for early testing.

Building my own

The transcribing speed seems to be all over the place even with the same models. I wonder if some of them are transcribing it as it's streamed in versus waiting for the audio to finish.

Sam Goff

@samgoff.bsky.social

11 May

Yeah, or they’re batching/chunking frames, if I had to guess. I’m designing mine to work locally with the lowest latency I’ve ever measured.

Wes Bos

@wesbos.com

11 May

let me know how it goes! I'm also curious about streaming from hosted models since I'd only use cents a day. the new xai Speech to text model is very accurate and cheap

Andrew McCombe

@euperia.com

12 May

Doesn't matter what I use, none of them can work out my British West Midlands accent. I spend more time correcting the text than it would to type in the first place.

Andrew McCombe

@euperia.com

12 May

For example, it entered 'West Midland Accident' for the above reply...

MacWhisper here!

I use tryvoiceink.com. All the same models as SuperWhisper but one time payment, no subscription.

tryvoiceink.comVoiceInk - Best Dictation App for macOSVoiceInk is a privacy-focused dictation app for macOS with local transcription, AI enhancement, custom modes, and open-source transparency.

Adam Argyle

@nerdy.dev

11 May

my initial ramblings are such junk tho… I'm rarely on point on my first verbal pass. so then I go in and edit it with a keyboard anyway, and I'm like, why did I even spew this fluffy garbage to begin with. i feel like it's for certain types of people?