Two SST Tools You Should Know

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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