Handy

This reminds me very much in terms of features as https://github.com/cjpais/Handy https://handy.computer , what's the use case for this over that?

For essentially infinite and fast dictation I use https://github.com/cjpais/Handy on Parakeet streaming (cohere is far better, but slower and has a token output limit so you cant ramble for many minutes). And then just do a cleanup pass with a cheap LLM, it will in my experience, do far better than trying to voice control to go edit a sentence or change words. I just weave instructions into my writing. I understand this requires technical know-how, but for those with it, this is the best solution I have found to long form writing without my hands.

Very similar to handy [1], which is free, open source [2] and available on Windows, MacOS and Linux. [1] https://handy.computer/ [2] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

I took a swing at bringing this into Handy.computer if anybody's interested: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/discussions/1031 . Looks like there has been past demand for someone to implement it, but no proposed PRs. This article was inspiring.

Obligatory mention of Handy which is open-source and cross-platform: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy It's great for me when configured to use Parakeet v3.

I use Parakeet V3 via this tool and it is actually quite reliable for me (in English): https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

My current fav STT is Hex, MacOS only: https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex Near-instant accurate-enough transcription using local Parakeet V3. Handy is multi-platform, also great: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy Every time a new STT model or app is announced, I see if it displaces Hex for me but so far none have. I’ll check out Yap though.

Try using Handy! It's open source and free: https://handy.computer/ and also on Github https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

Them you are free to not install them? Why ban them outright? I'm using https://github.com/cjpais/Handy whichseems to be doing exactly what this app does, and has a very similar background story (author couldn't type die to injury).

FWIW - I also really like Wispr Flow, but I moved to running the 'Whisper Large' model locally using Handy (https://github.com/cjpais/Handy), which has been essentially as good, while also having lower latency.

what is the value prop of mumbli vs the myriad of OSS STT tools that already exist like handy [1], hex [2], ghostpepper [3], OpenWhispr [4], any of the ones listed here [5] or here [6]? [1] - https://github.com/cjpais/Handy [2] - https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex [3] - https://github.com/matthartman/ghost-pepper [4] - https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr [5] - https://github.com/FluidInference/FluidAudio#showcase [6] - https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper PS. have you seen this? https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLM/comments/1r7bohc/macos_bui... your landing page reminded me of it.

How does it compare to the more well established https://github.com/cjpais/handy? Are there any stand out features (for either option)? What was the reason for writing your own rather than using or improving existing software?

That’s awesome! Do you know how it compares to Handy? Handy is open source and local only too. It’s been around a while and what I’ve been using. https://github.com/cjpais/handy

Here are just a few I found in just a few minutes of looking: https://github.com/Ljove02/AIT-AiTranscribe-MacOS https://www.soink.ai/ https://hitoku.me/draft/ https://altic.dev/fluid https://www.typewhisper.com/ https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex https://github.com/cjpais/handy https://spokenly.app/ https://www.trykoe.com/ https://saga.deepgram.com/ You can find more here under the "Dictation" tab: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HtJN4oQ6oBDFmFaF4Qeq...

The latest build of Handy actually supports Parakeet V3 (among other models) under the covers. Agreed that it's a very solid multilingual model. https://github.com/cjpais/Handy