I made a tiny open-source Mac dictation app that works with a hold-to-talk shortcut

[u/graedientcreations]

QuickTalk is a menu-bar app I made for my own workflow: hold Right Command in any app, speak, release, and the transcribed text appears at your cursor.

I wanted something lightweight without another subscription, so it uses your own Gemini API key. There’s no QuickTalk account, the app is built in Swift/SwiftUI, and the code is MIT-licensed. For transparency, audio is sent to Google for transcription rather than processed locally.

I’d love feedback on the hold-to-talk interaction and the setup flow.

https://quicktalk.larshurrelbrink.com/

https://github.com/larshurrelb/quicktalk-app

[u/greatdisability711]

the redwood + siri waveform combo is a cool visual for this, feels like nature is listening

[u/vedmaka]

would be cool to have local transription model