Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

Ghost 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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