🛠️ Wordmate – local speech-to-text for macOS
Summary
Wordmate is a free, open source local speech-to-text macOS application that keeps audio and transcripts entirely on your machine. It uses Parakeet for speech recognition and a tuned Qwen3 model for optional post-processing to improve punctuation, capitalization, and clean up fillers.
Why it’s interesting
It offers a local, open source alternative for WisprFlow-style dictation with on-device post-processing.
Target user
macOS users seeking local speech-to-text dictation
Business model
Free
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
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Summary
Wordmate is a free, open source local speech-to-text macOS application that keeps audio and transcripts entirely on your machine. It uses Parakeet for speech recognition and a tuned Qwen3 model for optional post-processing to improve punctuation, capitalization, and clean up fillers.
Why it’s interesting
It offers a local, open source alternative for WisprFlow-style dictation with on-device post-processing.
Target user
macOS users seeking local speech-to-text dictation
Business model
Free
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN