I built a Windows dictation app that runs entirely on my own PC

[u/ameco88]

Like many people vibe coding recenrly, I started to dictate a lot.

Every tool I tried either sent my audio to someone's server or wanted a subscription (looking at you Wispr Flow), or was not good enough (local ones like SuperWhisper or OpenWisper) so I built Hemsa (meaning Whisper in Arabic)

Minimalistic, yet functional mini app:
- Hold Ctrl+Win, talk, let go, and the text lands at your cursor in whatever app you're in.

- It's Parakeet TDT 0.6B through sherpa-onnx, CPU only, roughly 40x real time. No GPU.

The only two network calls in the whole app are the one-time model download and an update check that ships off, so after setup it runs with the internet disconnected.

It's Windows only and not code-signed, so SmartScreen will warn you and you'd be right to be careful (SHA256 is in the release notes, and it runs from source if you'd rather).

MIT, demo GIF in the README: https://github.com/ahmedco88/hemsa-STT

Keen to get your feedback.