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Tools2026-07-28 · source-backed
MIT-licensed, types into any app via a hotkey, built entirely on the SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber APIs macOS 26 added for on-device streaming speech-to-text using models the OS ships and manages. No download, no API key, no network. Hard macOS 26 floor is the tradeoff. The precedent matters more than the tool: Apple now ships a managed local ASR model you can call instead of bundling Whisper yourself. (GitHub)
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