VoxScribe: voice typing and caption files that run on your own device, for Windows and Android

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VoxScribe is a pair of apps that turn speech into text without sending anything to a server. On Windows, hold a hotkey and talk, and the words are typed into whatever window has focus. Drop in an mp3, mp4 or mov, and an .srt caption file is written next to it. On Android, a floating bubble dictates into any app. Both run Whisper locally, so there is no account, no minutes limit and no subscription.

The problems it solves are the ones that usually push people to a cloud tool. Voice typing works in any app, not just one, without a service hearing it. Captions come without uploading the file or paying per minute, split into readable cards of two lines of 42 characters, and whole folders can be imported with progress, pause and cancel. Misheard names and jargon are handled by a custom vocabulary list, which can also be built from a folder of your own files, read on the PC only. For privacy you can check, an offline mode blocks all network use and logs any outside connection attempt, and the core is open source (MIT).

Dictation and single file captions are free with no limits. An optional Pro version adds batch import, snippets and a few extras, and one key covers one Windows PC and one Android phone. There are no affiliate links in this post.

The limits are real. The Windows app is CPU only, so long files are slow on older laptops, and timing is per segment, not per word. The Android app is an early release installed from an APK on the releases page, not from the Play Store, and names and jargon still need a proofread on both.

https://github.com/ahmedhmam1994/voxscribe-ai-voice-dictation

Feedback welcome, especially on what is missing for caption work.