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Notes on dictation, done locally.
Practical guides and honest write-ups about offline speech to text on Windows: how it works, how it compares, and how to make it yours.
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The best free offline dictation app for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Most dictation tools are paid, cloud-based, or single-platform. AuraScribe is free, open source, and 100% offline on all three, a private alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Dragon.
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AuraScribe on macOS: free offline voice dictation for Apple Silicon
How to run AuraScribe, a free and open-source offline dictation app, on an Apple Silicon Mac: install it, grant the Accessibility permission, set the hotkey, and dictate into any app with nothing sent to the cloud.
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AuraScribe on Linux: offline dictation for Debian and Ubuntu
Set up AuraScribe, a free open-source offline dictation app, on Debian or Ubuntu: install the .deb, use an X11 session for the global hotkey, and type clean text into any app, fully offline.
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Offline dictation on Windows: how on-device speech to text works
What "offline dictation" really means on Windows, how on-device speech recognition runs in real time on a normal CPU, and where the one and only network request happens.
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A free Wispr Flow alternative that runs entirely on your machine
An honest comparison of AuraScribe with Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, Windows Voice Typing, and Dragon, for people who want dictation without a subscription or the cloud.
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On-device Malayalam (and Kannada) speech to text, with no cloud
Most dictation tools skip Malayalam and Kannada or send them to a server. How AuraScribe runs both fully offline using AI4Bharat IndicConformer, and what to expect.
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How to dictate into any Windows app with a single hotkey
A step-by-step guide to setting up push-to-talk dictation that types clean text into any Windows application, from your browser to your terminal.
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Local vs cloud dictation: what actually happens to your voice
Cloud dictation streams your microphone to someone else’s servers. Here is what that means for privacy, and how local speech recognition removes the risk entirely.
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