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Re:Show HN: FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS
on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:06AM (#49479676)
I’ve been a software dev for 15 years. Def not trying to show off my skills This is just a little side-project. I have no plans to monetize it. Totally - much of this is vibecoded. It’s been fun building and customizing this for myself rather than paying wisprflow, and thought other people might find it useful
Re:Show HN: FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS
on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:03AM (#49479618)
Thanks! Will check it out
Re:Show HN: FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS
on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:02AM (#49479612)
Thanks! Actually starting to move over to a moonshine model. The parakeet models start at ~0.6b params, which adds a lot of startup overhead. Also yeah definitely a ton of them out there. They’re fun to build! Glad to see many other people take it upon themselves to build little local, private utilities.
Re:Show HN: FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS
on Friday August 28, 2026 @02:45AM (#49475160)
I built FnScribe because I'm pretty privacy concious and wanted a wispr flow-like app that kept everything local and on device. Currently works for Mac (sillicon and intel).
It's dead simple. Hold the fn key, speak and release. I use a quantized Wisper small.en model for transcription. It inserts the text into the active application. There's also a hands-free model for longer dictation. Audio transcription is kept in memory. There's no account or transcription history. Clipboard contents are restored after it inserts it. GPLv3, Mac-only, English only..still in alpha. Hope you enjoy it! Would love some feedback.