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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by p0w3n3d on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:09PM (#47041006)

There's also an offline-running software called VoiceInk for macos. No need for groq or external AI.

https://github.com/Beingpax/VoiceInk

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by parhamn on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:52PM (#47041451)

+1, my experience improved quite a bit when I switched to the parakeet model, they should definitely use that as the default.

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by zackify on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:58PM (#47041514)

My favorite too. I use the parakeet model

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by arach on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:46AM (#47044134)

https://usetalkie.com - Parakeet and incredibly fast and made for devs

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by jiehong on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:27AM (#47048515)

I used to use VoiceInk, but I found Spokenly [0] to be easier to use for post-processing the output, and more stable overall (local version with Parakeet or whisper is free).

[0]: https://spokenly.app/

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by james2doyle on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:14PM (#47049957)

Haven’t seen this one, but I settled on this offline-running one: https://github.com/hoomanaskari/mac-dictate-anywhere

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Re:Show HN: Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, an... by sahildeepreel on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:54PM (#47050558)

came to recommend voiceink too: https://tryvoiceink.com/

just bought the one-time licence. this is the future of AI pricing - local models and one-time fee.

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