“I built Whispering because I believe transcription is too fundamental a tool to be locked behind paywalls.”
Braden Wong, on news.ycombinator.com, archived ↗
Press a key, talk, get text. Wispr Flow wants $15 a month for that; Whispering wants an API key and nothing else.
Mac dictation with AI cleanup and voice editing. MIT licensed. Bring a free API key and never pay a monthly fee.
“Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue.”
Wispr Flow charges $15 a month to type what you say. LocalFlow does it on your own GPU for nothing, word limit not included.
“The idea came from using Wispr Flow and wanting the same convenience without a subscription or the cloud.”
Otter charges $16.99 a month to send your calls to its servers. Parrot transcribes them on your own Mac, no bot in the meeting, for nothing.
“I got tired of paying for services like Otter.ai that send all my conversations to some server I don't control.”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
