Spokenly
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 24, 2026first mention
Sep 17, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I've used it for 6 months and haven't paid anything”
“I use Spokenly, offline-only mode with the Nvidia model. All local, totally free. Highly recommend”
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“Spokenly (with Parakeet as the model ) for local speech-to-text”
creator of Conductoron “Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow?…”
“I found Spokenly [0] to be easier to use for post-processing the output, and more stable overall”
switched from VoiceInkon “Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhispe…”
“I'm using https://spokenly.app/ in local mode, which is free. Very happy with it.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor 2 mentions
- Canto: A speech model built for the real world 1 mention
- Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026) 1 mention
- Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue 1 mention
- Ask HN: What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup? 1 mention
Data: spokenly.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I switched from Superwhisper->WisprFlow->Spokenly->Fieldwork”
“I've used it for 6 months and haven't paid anything”
“I use Spokenly, offline-only mode with the Nvidia model. All local, totally free. Highly recommend”
“Spokenly (with Parakeet as the model ) for local speech-to-text”
“I found Spokenly [0] to be easier to use for post-processing the output, and more stable overall”
“I'm using https://spokenly.app/ in local mode, which is free. Very happy with it.”