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New comment by MattHart88 in "Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS"

MattHart88 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:57:01 +0000

Thanks to everyone who submitted PRs! The fix is merged, new version is up.

New comment by MattHart88 in "Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS"

MattHart88 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:20:29 +0000

I've found the "corrections" feature works well for most of the jargon and misspelling use cases. Can you give it a try and let me know edge cases?

New comment by MattHart88 in "Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS"

MattHart88 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:07:25 +0000

Thanks! We currently have 2 multi-lingual options available: - Whisper small (multilingual) (~466 MB, supports many languages) - Parakeet v3 (25 languages) (~1.4 GB, supports 25 languages via FluidAudio)

New comment by MattHart88 in "Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS"

MattHart88 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:05:46 +0000

I like this idea and it should work -- whatever microphone you have on should be able to hear the speaker. LMK if not (e.g., are you wearing headphones? if so, the mic can't hear the speaker)

Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

MattHart88 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:50:16 +0000

I built this because I wanted to see how far I could get with a voice-to-text app that used 100% local models so no data left my computer. I've been using a ton for coding and emails. Experimenting with using it as a voice interface for my other agents too. 100% open-source MIT license, would love feedback, PRs, and ideas on where to take it.

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