AI Dictation
Dictate into any text field with a shortcut, using offline recognition or optional cloud transcription.GetMIT
Handy
Hold a shortcut, speak, and have offline speech recognition type the words into whatever app you are using.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- cjpais
- Verified
- 2026
About Handy
Handy is a deliberately simple dictation tool. Press its keyboard shortcut, either held down or toggled, talk, and the transcription is pasted into the active text field. Speech is processed on the computer: voice activity detection trims silence, and recognition uses a Whisper or Parakeet model that the app downloads for you.
It is a Tauri app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Official builds are on GitHub releases and the project website; a community-maintained Homebrew cask is also available.
Information
- Source code
- cjpais/Handy
- License
- MIT
- Website
- handy.computer
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- AI
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/cjpais/Handy
- github.com/cjpais/Handy/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/cjpais/Handy/releases/latest
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/handy
- icon.png: CJ Pais and Handy contributors. MIT repository asset; name and icon retained by CJ Pais.
License and artwork notices
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