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Quill

A free, open-source speech-to-text desktop app that works completely offline: press a shortcut, speak, and your words appear in any text field.

Quill's settings: transcription shortcut, push-to-talk and on-device model options.
Quill's settings: transcription shortcut, push-to-talk and on-device model options.

Stack

  • Rust
  • Tauri
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Whisper

Links

Source Upstream · Handy

What I built

  • Privacy-focused and fully on-device: transcription happens locally, without sending any audio to the cloud.
  • A fork of Handy by cjpais. The offline transcription foundation is upstream’s work. My contribution is the app-aware post-processing layer the original didn’t have. It formats dictation for the app you’re focused on: code in an editor, a structured email in Outlook, a quick line in Slack.
  • Added local-model integration with Ollama and LM Studio, so transcription can run on fully local models of your choice.

Quill builds on Handy by cjpais. The offline transcription foundation is upstream’s work.