Open Source · MIT License

Voice to Text,
Anywhere.

Press Alt+Space from any application to record your voice. Press again to transcribe and paste instantly.

macOS · Windows · Linux

See it in action

Record, transcribe, and paste — all in one shortcut.

Light Whisper demo — recording and transcribing voice to text
1 Press Alt+Space
2 Speak
3 Text is pasted

Built for simplicity

Global Hotkey

Alt+Space works from any application. No need to switch windows or open a separate tool.

100% Offline

All processing happens locally on your machine. Your voice data never leaves your computer.

Multi-Language

French, English, and 25+ languages with Parakeet. Automatic language detection included.

Auto-Paste

Transcribed text is automatically pasted into the active application via clipboard simulation.

Minimal UI

A tiny frameless overlay appears during recording. Settings are accessible from the system tray.

Lightweight

Built with Tauri and Rust. Small binary, low memory footprint, fast startup.

Two powerful engines

Choose the model that fits your needs — from 40 MB ultra-fast to high-accuracy multi-language.

OpenAI

Whisper

The reference open-source speech recognition model, running locally via whisper.cpp.

tiny ~40 MB base ~60 MB small ~200 MB medium ~500 MB
NVIDIA

Parakeet TDT v3 Best Model

State-of-the-art accuracy with 25 languages and automatic detection. Runs via ONNX Runtime.

int8 ~670 MB WER 7.7% FR 25 languages

Ready to try?

Light Whisper is free and open source. Download it, pick a model, and start talking.

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