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This reminds me very much in terms of features as https://github.com/cjpais/Handy https://handy.computer , what's the use case for this over that?

comment by Zizizizz · 2026-10-11 · in Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac

For essentially infinite and fast dictation I use https://github.com/cjpais/Handy on Parakeet streaming (cohere is far better, but slower and has a token output limit so you cant ramble for many minutes). And then just do a cleanup pass…

comment by cgbur · 2026-10-08 · in Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB

…is free, open source [2] and available on Windows, MacOS and Linux. [1] https://handy.computer/ [2] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by peaxkl · 2026-07-16 · in Open Source, Free Tier Capable Whispr Using Cloudflare AI

I took a swing at bringing this into Handy.computer if anybody's interested: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/discussions/1031 . Looks like there has been past demand for someone to implement it, but no proposed PRs. This article was…

comment by akurilin · 2026-07-13 · in Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor

Obligatory mention of Handy which is open-source and cross-platform: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy It's great for me when configured to use Parakeet v3.

comment by bel8 · 2026-07-13 · in Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor

I use Parakeet V3 via this tool and it is actually quite reliable for me (in English): https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by dinfinity · 2026-07-13 · in Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer API, benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor

…accurate-enough transcription using local Parakeet V3. Handy is multi-platform, also great: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy Every time a new STT model or app is announced, I see if it displaces Hex for me but so far none have. I’ll check…

comment by d4rkp4ttern · 2026-06-28 · in Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt)

Try using Handy! It's open source and free: https://handy.computer/ and also on Github https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by erixM · 2026-06-07 · in Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?

Them you are free to not install them? Why ban them outright? I'm using https://github.com/cjpais/Handy whichseems to be doing exactly what this app does, and has a very similar background story (author couldn't type die to injury).

comment by kuboble · 2026-06-02 · in Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API

…also really like Wispr Flow, but I moved to running the 'Whisper Large' model locally using Handy ( https://github.com/cjpais/Handy ), which has been essentially as good, while also having lower latency.

comment by adamcharnock · 2026-05-19 · in Apple unveils new accessibility features

…[1], hex [2], ghostpepper [3], OpenWhispr [4], any of the ones listed here [5] or here [6]? [1] - https://github.com/cjpais/Handy [2] - https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex [3] - https://github.com/matthartman/ghost-pepper [4] -…

comment by wunderlotus · 2026-05-10 · in Show HN: Free OSS transcription app I made and found it's faster than wispr flow

How does it compare to the more well established https://github.com/cjpais/handy ? Are there any stand out features (for either option)? What was the reason for writing your own rather than using or improving existing software?

comment by VorpalWay · 2026-04-06 · in Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

…Handy? Handy is open source and local only too. It’s been around a while and what I’ve been using. https://github.com/cjpais/handy

comment by konaraddi · 2026-04-06 · in Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

…https://altic.dev/fluid https://www.typewhisper.com/ https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex https://github.com/cjpais/handy https://spokenly.app/ https://www.trykoe.com/ https://saga.deepgram.com/ You can find more here under the "Dictation"…

comment by gumboshoes · 2026-03-19 · in FreeFlow – seamless speech to text in any app

…V3 (among other models) under the covers. Agreed that it's a very solid multilingual model. https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by vunderba · 2026-03-05 · in Nvidia PersonaPlex 7B on Apple Silicon: Full-Duplex Speech-to-Speech in Swift

Hi all! Check out this Handy app https://github.com/cjpais/Handy - a free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline. I am using it daily to drive Claude and it works really-well for me (much…

comment by age123456gpg · 2026-03-02 · in Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch

No, it's just somebody's open source project: https://github.com/cjpais/handy

comment by yorwba · 2026-02-25 · in Show HN: Moonshine Open-Weights STT models – higher accuracy than WhisperLargev3

…stars and eyeballs rather than making a genuinely useful high quality product. Just use handy: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by dcreater · 2026-02-17 · in Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue

https://github.com/cjpais/Handy It’s free and offline

comment by s0l · 2026-02-16 · in Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue

…Voxtral C implementation into Handy but got very slow transcriptions on my M1 Max MacBook 64GB. [1] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy I’ll have to try the other implementations mentioned here.

comment by d4rkp4ttern · 2026-02-10 · in Pure C, CPU-only inference with Mistral Voxtral Realtime 4B speech to text model

…into Handy, but it was significantly slower. Speed is absolutely critical for good UX in STT. [1] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by d4rkp4ttern · 2026-02-10 · in Rust implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime runs in your browser

…I edit the markdown manually or discuss some parts with the agent. "go ahead and implement" [0] - https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by Imanari · 2026-02-05 · in Ask HN: Are you still using spec driven development?

…drop is immaterial when talking to CLI coding agents, which is where I find the most use for this. https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by d4rkp4ttern · 2026-02-05 · in Voxtral Transcribe 2

…installed it yet to see how you pick your model. Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by tietjens · 2026-02-04 · in Voxtral Transcribe 2

…to do that Speech To Text in a streaming mode, STT locally will be a solved problem for me. [1] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by Multicomp · 2026-02-04 · in Voxtral Transcribe 2

…the voice) /voice:speak <your arbitrary prompt to control the style or other aspects> [1] Handy https://github.com/cjpais/Handy [2] Pocket-TTS https://github.com/kyutai-labs/pocket-tts [3] Voice plugin for Claude Code:…

comment by d4rkp4ttern · 2026-01-24 · in Ask HN: What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup?

…simple app Handy. Only supports Whisper and Parakeet V3 but nice app & those are amazing models. https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by jauntywundrkind · 2026-01-23 · in Ask HN: What's the current best local/open speech-to-speech setup?

…stacks, with structured "skills" that point to the exact details so the porting works reliably. [0] https://github.com/cjpais/Handy [1] https://github.com/junaid33/opensource.builders

comment by theturtletalks · 2026-01-22 · in Your app subscription is now my weekend project

from the other day https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by phoronixrly · 2026-01-15 · in Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice

…cases. You can get a quick, LLM-generated overview of the architecture, e.g. here: https://codewiki.google/github.com/cjpais/handy

comment by beklein · 2026-01-15 · in Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app

Okay so it's more directly text replacements https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/actions/runs/21025848728 There is also LLM post processing which can do this, and the built in dictionary feature

comment by sipjca · 2026-01-15 · in Handy – Free open source speech-to-text app

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story by tin7in · 2026-01-15 · 110 comments

I use Handy with Claude code. Nice to just have a key combo to transcribe into whatever has focus. https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by rgbrgb · 2025-12-13 · in Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?

…generally? I don't know because I don't have enough experience to say Source, I'm the author of: http://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by sipjca · 2025-11-29 · in Electron vs. Tauri

looks like a paid and closed source fork of the free and open source project Handy: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy can't say for sure, but a lot of the UI (and text) is quite familiar. the history page is a near rip off which is a…

comment by sipjca · 2025-11-11 · in Omnilingual ASR: Advancing automatic speech recognition for 1600 languages

…is really smart: you end up with a Rube Goldberg machine to maintain!) For the record, Handy - https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/issues - does 80% of what I want. Gives a nice UI for Parakeet. But I didn't like the hotkey design, didn't like…

comment by andai · 2025-11-07 · in You should write an agent

Handy is free, open-source and local model only. Supports Parakeet: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy

comment by segu · 2025-11-07 · in You should write an agent

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story by braden-w · 2025-08-18 · 152 comments

…for trying it and requesting features! I added a issue (and comment) for this on the GitHub repo: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/issues/47

comment by sipjca · 2025-07-28 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)

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