https://github.com/cjpais/Handy
I have this working, still need to make a pr for arch. btw
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I would like this tech as well
I've been following this project
https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering
They recently got a bunch of investment and hired some staff, and so they're developing fairly quickly. I saw an update about local Whisper support the other day
Assuming it stays user friendly (currently open source - MIT), it might be a good option for you. Previously it was here:
update:
https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote
https://flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote
dsnote/speechnote (it's the same thing) seems to be the best gui option. Check out the doc https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote?tab=readme-ov-file#insert-into-active-window
old comment:
https://github.com/icholy/whisperd
my bad this uses the api, but I guess it can be easily modified to use a local whisper.cpp
some other links to check out:
https://github.com/fengwk/linux-stt-input