Whispera

# 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. <div align="center"> ### [⬇️ Download Latest Release](https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/releases/latest) [](https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/releases/latest) </div> ## Demos <table> <tr> <th>Speech to Text Field</th> <th>File/URL Transcription with Timestamps</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <video src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1da72bbb-a1cf-46ee-a997-893f1939e626" controls> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> </td> <td width="50%"> <video src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d573bef4-a3b2-49ac-a1fd-3c6735648fdc" controls> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> </td> </tr> </table> ## 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 - [x] Multi-language support beyond English - **PR**: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/pull/2 - **Release**: https://github.com/sapoepsilon/Whispera/releases/tag/v1.0.3 - [x] 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](https://github.com/sapoepsilon/whispera/issues/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](https://github.com/argmaxinc/WhisperKit) - On-device Whisper transcription for Apple Silicon - [YouTubeKit](https://github.com/alexeichhorn/YouTubeKit) - YouTube content extraction - [swift-markdown-ui](https://github.com/gonzalezreal/swift-markdown-ui) Thanks to these projects for making privacy-focused, local transcription a reality. ## License MIT License