Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust

Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by chrisweekly on Monday August 18, 2025 @04:15PM (#44944804)

> "I think there should be an open-source, local-first version of every app, and I would like them all to work together. The idea of Epicenter is to store your data in a folder of plaintext and SQLite, and build a suite of interoperable, local-first tools on top of this shared memory. Everything is totally transparent, so you can trust it."

Yes! This. I have almost no experience w/ tts, but if/when I explore the space, I'll start w/ Whispering -- because of Epicenter. Starred the repo, and will give some thought to other apps that might make sense to contribute there. Bravo, thanks for publishing these and sharing, and congrats on getting into YC! :)

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Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by spullara on Monday August 18, 2025 @05:17PM (#44945438)

IF you do want to then ALSO have a cloud version, you can just use the AgentDB API and upload them there and just change where the SQL runs.

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Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by sebastiennight on Monday August 18, 2025 @11:02PM (#44947842)

I think we're talking about STT (speech-to-text) here, not TTS.

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Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by chrisweekly on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @07:27AM (#44950394)

whoops! absolutely correct, that's what I meant.

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Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by braden-w on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:13AM (#44948454)

Thanks so much for the support! Really appreciate the feedback, and it’s great to hear the vision resonates. No worries on the STT/TTS experience; it’s just awesome to connect with someone who shares the values of open-source and owning our data :) I’m hoping my time in YC can be productive and, along the way, create more support for other OSS developers too. Keep in touch!

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Re:Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation ... by dev0p on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @05:06AM (#44949685)

That's a good idea... Just git repo your whole knowledge base and build on top of it.

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