Show HN: Hoeren – Local-only meeting transcription and voice dictation

Category: ai-ml

Tags: speech-to-text, local-ai, privacy, macos, transcription

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 3, Utility: 7)

Hoeren is a local-only macOS app for meeting transcription and voice dictation that runs entirely on-device using Whisper and Qwen models. It's interesting because it addresses strict data privacy requirements by avoiding cloud services while providing AI-enhanced transcription and text refinement capabilities.

Target audience: business-professionals, remote-workers, privacy-conscious-users, non-native-english-speakers

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