Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by cupcake-unicorn on Monday April 06, 2026 @08:09PM (#47669076)

https://handy.computer/ already exists?

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by forbiddenvoid on Monday April 06, 2026 @08:17PM (#47669127)

More than one solution can exist for the same problem.

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by smcleod on Monday April 06, 2026 @08:14PM (#47669107)

Yeah props to Handy, really nice tool.

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by semiquaver on Monday April 06, 2026 @08:20PM (#47669141)

I have a few qualms with this app:

1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.

3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by Graziano_M on Monday April 06, 2026 @09:17PM (#47669569)

I got that reference!

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by MegagramEnjoyer on Monday April 06, 2026 @10:56PM (#47670229)

why does it need to generate money?

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by morelikeborelax on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @12:49AM (#47670872)

This is the reply that was posted when Dropbox was first shown off on HN. It's a joke :)

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by MegagramEnjoyer on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:30PM (#47679417)

ah I wasn't aware! thanks for explaining :D

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by ktimespi on Monday April 06, 2026 @09:02PM (#47669444)

This is ideal for my use case, yeah. No need to fiddle around with another app's UI.

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Re:Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to... by itemize123 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @05:04AM (#47672485)

yes speech to text exists

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