Yap
Dictate into any text field with a shortcut, transcribed on device by Apple’s speech framework without accounts or API keys.GetMIT
OpenQuack
Menu-bar voice dictation: press a hotkey, speak, and the transcript is typed at the cursor using on-device Whisper.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- larryxiao
- Verified
- 2026
About OpenQuack
OpenQuack sits in the menu bar and turns speech into text wherever you can type. A hotkey starts and stops recording, and speech recognition runs locally through WhisperKit, so dictation does not need an account or a cloud service by default.
An optional on-device polish step can tidy transcripts, with an editable prompt. The current 2.0 line is published as alpha releases, so expect rough edges and frequent changes.
Information
- Source code
- larryxiao/openquack
- License
- MIT
- Website
- larryxiao.github.io
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Productivity
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/larryxiao/openquack
- github.com/larryxiao/openquack/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/larryxiao/openquack/releases
- icon.png: OpenQuack contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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