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VoiceInk
Open-source macOS dictation app that transcribes locally with Whisper or Parakeet models.
- Prakash Joshi Pax (open source)
- Local only
- Price not verified
- Open source
Where it ranks
- ATranscriptionApps · Local · via Whisper large-v3
Tools without a benchmark of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer.
Facts
- Vendor
- Prakash Joshi Pax (open source)
- Approach
- Apps
- Where it runs
- Runs only on your own hardware
- Interface
- Desktop app
- Skill level
- Beginner: works out of the box
- Price
- Price not verified
- Pricing notes
- One-time purchase from $25 (1 Mac); source code public on GitHub. Optional cloud enhancement processes text only.
- Source code
- Open source
- GitHub stars
- 6.9k (19 Oct 2026)
- Last verified
- 19 Oct 2026
Price from tryvoiceink.com, 19 Oct 2026.
Models it gives you
- AWhisper large-v3OpenAI · open weights
- BParakeet TDT 0.6B v3NVIDIA · open weights