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OpenWhispr

OpenWhisprVoice dictation application with local and hosted speech models, meeting transcription, and notes.MIT
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I / Function

Voice dictation application with local and hosted speech models, meeting transcription, and notes.

OpenWhispr is a desktop application for dictation, meeting transcription and spoken interaction with AI assistants. Hotkeys can insert transcribed speech at the cursor or send a voice command. It also supports notes, imported audio and translation, using local models or configured cloud providers. Desktop releases cover macOS, Windows and Linux, with some features varying by platform.

OpenWhispr official README · Reviewed 2026-10-14

A yellow-sailed listening creature trails a segmented membrane tail.
Awesome Open* · Field recordOpenWhisprOP-0C1D0E79 · Folio 537Domain: Productivity & Office
  1. 01 / Feature noteHotkey dictation

    Press a hotkey to turn speech into text at the current cursor position.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteAudio import

    Transcribe existing audio or video by dropping in files, uploading a batch or supplying a YouTube or audio URL.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

10,653

Detected license

MIT

Repository created

2025-06-19

Repository push

2026-11-03

III / Observations & evidence

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

v1.11.0

Published 2026-10-29

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V / Where it runs

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VI / Reviewed alternativesWispr Flow

Desktop voice-to-text dictation into applications. The README explicitly positions OpenWhispr against WisprFlow. Checked 2026-10-19

Granola

Meeting transcription and notes. The README explicitly names Granola and describes meeting capture; Intel Macs lack live speaker identification and voice fingerprinting. Checked 2026-10-19