@GitHub_Daily: MacParakeet is an open-source tool on GitHub designed specifically for Macs that performs purely local speech-to-text transcription with high accuracy. It supports dragging and dropping audio/video files or pasting YouTube links to quickly generate transcripts with timestamps and speaker labels. It can also simultaneously record system audio and microphone input...

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MacParakeet is a new open-source Mac application that provides fast, fully local voice transcription using Apple's Neural Engine and NVIDIA's Parakeet model, ensuring privacy by keeping audio data on-device.

MacParakeet is an open-source tool on GitHub designed specifically for Macs that performs purely local speech-to-text transcription with high accuracy. It supports dragging and dropping audio/video files or pasting YouTube links to quickly generate transcripts with timestamps and speaker labels. It can also simultaneously record system audio and microphone input, allowing you to view real-time transcription while taking notes during meetings. GitHub: http://github.com/moona3k/macparakeet… Speech recognition runs entirely locally, directly leveraging Apple's Neural Engine for high speed, ensuring that audio data never leaves your device. For advanced needs, it can connect to local Ollama or various large language model APIs to automatically generate meeting summaries and format them. It provides a ready-to-use installer package, supporting only Apple Silicon chips. If you are looking for a fast, privacy-first speech-to-text tool, give it a try.
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MacParakeet

Fast voice app for Mac with fully local speech and optional AI. Free and open-source.

There are many voice transcription/dictation apps, but this one is mine.

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