“Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue.”
Zach Latta, on news.ycombinator.com ↗
Mac dictation with AI cleanup and voice editing. MIT licensed. Bring a free API key and never pay a monthly fee.
Press a key, talk, get text. Wispr Flow wants $15 a month for that; Whispering wants an API key and nothing else.
“I built Whispering because I believe transcription is too fundamental a tool to be locked behind paywalls.”
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.”
Wispr Flow charges $15 a month to hear you think out loud. Spokesman hears it on-device, for nothing.
“I built it because I wanted something like Wispr Flow, but that's a subscription and your voice goes to the cloud.”
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.
