Whispera

A native macOS app that replaces the built-in dictation with OpenAI's Whisper for superior transcription accuracy. Transcribe speech, local files, YouTube videos, and network streams - all processed locally on your Neural Engine.

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Demos

Features

• Live transcription (beta)

• Speech-to-text - Replaces macOS native dictation with WhisperKit (OpenAI's Whisper model on Neural Engine) for better accuracy

• File transcription - Audio and video files

• Network media transcription - Stream video/music URLs

• YouTube transcription

All processing runs locally. Internet required only for initial model download.

Roadmap

• Multi-language support beyond English

  • PR: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/pull/2

  • Release: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/releases/tag/v1.0.3

• Real-time translation capabilities

  • PR: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/pull/17

  • Release: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/releases/tag/v1.0.18

• Additional customization options

Usage

Simply use your configured global shortcut to start transcribing with Whisper instead of the default macOS dictation.

Known Issues

• The app does not work with Intel mac(see Issue 15

• Auto install does not work, after an app has been downloaded, please manually drag and drop the app to you /Application folder

Requirements

• macOS 13.0 or later

• Apple Silicon

• We are working on support for Intel Mac

Credits

Built with:

• WhisperKit - On-device Whisper transcription for Apple Silicon

• YouTubeKit - YouTube content extraction

• swift-markdown-ui

Thanks to these projects for making privacy-focused, local transcription a reality.

License

MIT License