GoKawiilGhost Pepper
100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS. Hold Control to record, release to transcribe and paste. No cloud APIs, no data leaves your machine.
Download the latest release — macOS 14.0+, Apple Silicon (M1+)
Features
Hold Control to talk — release to transcribe and paste into any text field
— release to transcribe and paste into any text field Runs entirely on your Mac — models run locally via Apple Silicon, nothing is sent anywhere
— models run locally via Apple Silicon, nothing is sent anywhere Smart cleanup — local LLM removes filler words and handles self-corrections
— local LLM removes filler words and handles self-corrections Menu bar app — lives in your menu bar, no dock icon, launches at login
— lives in your menu bar, no dock icon, launches at login Customizable — edit the cleanup prompt, pick your mic, toggle features on/off
How it works
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