Handy
Free, open source push-to-talk dictation that runs fully offline
AIListed Nov 1, 2026
Visit handy.computerHandy turns your speech into text in any app with a push-to-talk shortcut, using Whisper or Parakeet models that run on your own computer. There is no account and no cloud, it works on Mac, Windows and Linux, and it is free and MIT licensed. An optional step can clean the text up with a language model.
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