Show HN: Looped Whisper (FOSS) – Voice transcription menubar app for macOS

Category: devtools

Tags: voice-transcription, macos, whisper

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 5)

Looped Whisper is a macOS menubar app that provides local voice transcription using open-source Whisper models, with features like global hotkeys, auto-paste, and optional LLM-based cleanup. It is interesting for developers who want offline, privacy-preserving speech-to-text on Apple Silicon devices.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/loopedautomation/whisper · Swift · MIT · 2 stars

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