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On Linux, both handy.computer and epicenter Whispering (using parakeet of course) work incredibly well for set-and-forget STT. I use it constantly to write messages on Slack/Teams, do debate with claude code etc. Both have minor bugs, but I can easily accept those, these apps being FOSS and all. On Mac, I've been using VoiceInk and it's even better. VoiceI", "context": "", "use_case": "Offline speech-to-text", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models \u2013 higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3"}, {"id": 752660992, "item_id": 47041312, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47041312", "by": "spelk", "date": "2026-02-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first.", "excerpt": "Whispering [0] is Windows compatible and has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first. 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I use a keyboard shortcut to start and stop recording and it will put the transcription into the clipboard so I can paste into any app. It's a huge productivity boost - OP is correct about not overthinking trying to be that coherent - the models are very good at knowing what you mean (Opus 4.5 with Claude Code in my case)", "context": "", "use_case": "voice transcription for coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?"}, {"id": 740101488, "item_id": 46256343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46256343", "by": "hn_throw2025", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's incredibly cheap and works reliably for me.", "excerpt": "I'm not the person you're replying to, but I use Whispering connected to the whisper-large-v3-turbo model on Groq. It's incredibly cheap and works reliably for me. I have got it to paste my voice transcriptions into Chrome (Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT) as well as Cursor. https://github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter", "context": "", "use_case": "voice transcription pasted into apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?"}, {"id": 734809008, "item_id": 45925563, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45925563", "by": "hn_throw2025", "date": "2025-11-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "plus Groq pay-as-you-go is a great combination.", "excerpt": "I\u2019m using an Intel Macbook with hardly any GPU capacity to speak of, so running locally isn\u2019t straightforward for me. I\u2019ve found that Whispering [https://github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering] plus Groq pay-as-you-go is a great combination. Not quite free, but cheap enough that it isn\u2019t a consideration.", "context": "", "use_case": "Voice transcription", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["offline speech-to-text", "voice transcription for coding", "voice transcription pasted into apps", "voice transcription"], "compared": [{"slug": "groq", "name": "Groq", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255285", "title": "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47143755", "title": "Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models \u2013 higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47040375", "title": "Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923352", "title": "Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 755474211, "item_id": 47217138, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47217138", "by": "remuskaos", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "handy.computer and epicenter Whispering (using parakeet of course) work incredibly well", "excerpt": "parakeet is amazing, it has completely ousted whisper for me. On Linux, both handy.computer and epicenter Whispering (using parakeet of course) work incredibly well for set-and-forget STT. I use it constantly to write messages on Slack/Teams, do debate with claude code etc. Both have minor bugs, but I can easily accept those, these apps being FOSS and all. On Mac, I've been using VoiceInk and it's even better. VoiceI", "context": "", "use_case": "Offline speech-to-text", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models \u2013 higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3"}, {"id": 752660992, "item_id": 47041312, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47041312", "by": "spelk", "date": "2026-02-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first.", "excerpt": "Whispering [0] is Windows compatible and has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first. 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I use a keyboard shortcut to start and stop recording and it will put the transcription into the clipboard so I can paste into any app. It's a huge productivity boost - OP is correct about not overthinking trying to be that coherent - the models are very good at knowing what you mean (Opus 4.5 with Claude Code in my case)", "context": "", "use_case": "voice transcription for coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?"}, {"id": 740101488, "item_id": 46256343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46256343", "by": "hn_throw2025", "date": "2025-12-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's incredibly cheap and works reliably for me.", "excerpt": "I'm not the person you're replying to, but I use Whispering connected to the whisper-large-v3-turbo model on Groq. It's incredibly cheap and works reliably for me. I have got it to paste my voice transcriptions into Chrome (Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT) as well as Cursor. https://github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter", "context": "", "use_case": "voice transcription pasted into apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?"}, {"id": 734809008, "item_id": 45925563, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45925563", "by": "hn_throw2025", "date": "2025-11-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "plus Groq pay-as-you-go is a great combination.", "excerpt": "I\u2019m using an Intel Macbook with hardly any GPU capacity to speak of, so running locally isn\u2019t straightforward for me. I\u2019ve found that Whispering [https://github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering] plus Groq pay-as-you-go is a great combination. Not quite free, but cheap enough that it isn\u2019t a consideration.", "context": "", "use_case": "Voice transcription", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?"}]}