Two SST Tools You Should Know
📋 TLDR: Privacy-Focused STT Tools
- 🎙️ Handy - Desktop app with keyboard shortcuts for quick dictation
- 💻 HNS - Command-line tool for offline speech-to-text
Key Benefits:
- 🔒 Complete privacy - all processing happens locally
- 🆓 Free and open source
- 🌐 No internet required for transcription
- ⌨️ Direct text output to clipboard or insertion
🎙️ Two Excellent Privacy-Focused STT Tools
🔗 Handy
🎯 What it does
- 🖥️ Open source speech-to-text app for your computer
⚡ Key Features
- ⌨️ Press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and it pastes your text
- 🎙️ Push-to-talk or toggle modes
- ⚙️ Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- 🔒 Completely private as everything stays on your computer
- 🆓 Free and open source
🎯 Best for
- Quick dictation anywhere you can type
🔗 HNS
🎯 What it does
- 💻 Command-line speech-to-text python tool
⚡ Key Features
- 🎤 Records voice and transcribes locally
- 📋 Copies text directly to clipboard
- 🔌 Works completely offline after initial setup
- 🌍 Multi-language support
- 🎯 Simple and focused. Just speech to clipboard
- 📄 Open source (MIT licensed)
🎯 Best for
- Developers or users who prefer CLI tools
🎉 Conclusion
That’s it. Two excellent tools for converting your speech to text without sending your voice to the cloud.
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