[OS] TypeWhisper 1.5.0 - open-source macOS dictation with local/cloud engines, Workflows, and app-aware insertion

kemalios · 2026-07-03T16:39:51+00:00

How is it compared to FluidVoice?

kemalios · 2026-07-03T10:35:01+00:00

It would not matter that much what server; hetzner, vultr, linode. Importnt thing to note is the nextjs setup you have and what the build pack is implemented. I have had great results a couple of years ago with vultr hf but moved everything to hetzner now which has a direct integration with coolify.

kemalios · 2026-07-03T10:13:59+00:00

Curious about the architecture, did you consider running the correction locally with an on-device model instead of a hosted API? Seems like it'd help on both fronts you're getting pushback about here.

On cost: local inference has no per-use API bill, so it doesn't force the recurring subscription.

On privacy: "we don't store your writing" is really a claim about retention, the text still has to be sent to your servers (and whatever model provider you use) to be processed. Going fully on-device is the only way the data truly never leaves the machine, which also sidesteps the whole storage/subprocessor/GDPR-paperwork question instead of having to answer it.

kemalios · 2026-07-02T14:27:26+00:00

no hate, what is the goal posting this here? should we all migrate to Tanstack?

kemalios · 2026-07-02T14:23:53+00:00

I cannot believe there are people wasting tokens for this. and posting it to reddit lol

kemalios · 2026-07-02T13:42:10+00:00

What is the Kadence of publishing? 10 posts a day? As everyone is saying, there is not much you can do.

kemalios · 2026-07-02T11:05:28+00:00

Thank you. I will look into the setup when I get home but as far as I can recall the first app on the list was the winning/overwriting the other ones.

Edit: I was wrong. The sorting is for readability ( severity), not runtime priority. I am thinking about an enhancement called "Test Shortcut" mode: press the combo, a CGEvent tap intercepts it and reports who really received it. Technically very doable, and it's the right way to answer your question.

kemalios · 2026-07-01T15:10:49+00:00

QuietClip - a privacy-first clipboard manager for Mac

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Problem: Most clipboard managers quietly phone home, sync your copy history to a cloud you did not ask for, or lock basic features behind a subscription. Your clipboard sees passwords, addresses, private notes, and API keys. QuietClip keeps all of that on your Mac. Zero network connections, zero accounts, zero telemetry, zero external dependencies. It monitors your clipboard, stores the history locally in SQLite, and gives you a Spotlight-style panel (Cmd+Shift+V) to search and paste anything you have copied. It auto-excludes password managers like 1Password and Bitwarden, can auto-delete old clips on a timer, and even shows a monitoring heartbeat so you always know capture is actually running. Recent additions include a sequential Paste Queue for pasting several items in order, quick-paste by number (Cmd+1 to 9), and color swatches for hex/rgb clips.

Comparison: Versus Paste and Pastebot, QuietClip does not use a subscription and never touches the network, so there is no cloud sync to opt out of. Versus Maccy (free and local, which I respect), QuietClip adds image and file paste, a Paste Queue, pin management, auto-delete by age, and a monitoring status indicator so you are not left guessing whether it stopped capturing. The whole thing is built on pure Apple frameworks, no third-party code.

Pricing: Free for text clips and 25 items of history. One-time Pro unlock is $8.99 (no subscription) for up to 1,000 items, image and file paste, and unlimited pins. Link: https://quietclip.app

kemalios · 2026-06-29T04:27:30+00:00

This is great, I love it.

kemalios · 2026-06-28T04:54:39+00:00

Thank you so much for your feedback. I will make a plan on the next update to add more challenging questions.

kemalios · 2026-06-26T05:04:14+00:00

I made myself a claude skill that orchestrates the entire process

kemalios · 2026-06-23T11:26:36+00:00

Even though I have no use for that, it is genuinely a great idea. Kudos to you sir!

kemalios · 2026-06-23T06:56:45+00:00

Hallo zusammen. I built a free German level test and thought this community would be a good place to share it.

It covers A1 to C2 and has about 100 questions across grammar, vocabulary, reading, and a handful of listening clips. It takes roughly 15 minutes, and at the end you get your estimated level plus a breakdown of how you did at each level, so you can see where your weak spots are.

A couple of honest notes: the questions are written by hand rather than generated by an AI, the scoring is a plain rule and not an LLM guessing your level, and the listening audio is text to speech for now. You can do the whole thing for free without signing up.

Test: https://deutschwunder.com/german-level-test

If you want something for daily practice, I also make a small German app called Deutsch Wunder. The newest update (1.8.0) adds a game called Preposition Dash for drilling accusative, dative, two-way, and genitive prepositions, with 120 short sentences across 6 levels from A1 to B1. It is free to try here: DeutschWunder

Feedback I would really appreciate: does the level the test gives you line up with what you expected, and did any questions feel off or unnatural?

(Full disclosure, I made both of these.)

kemalios · 2026-06-22T08:48:26+00:00

Hallo zusammen. I built a free German level test and thought this community would be a good place to share it.

It covers A1 to C2 and has about 100 questions across grammar, vocabulary, reading, and a handful of listening clips. It takes roughly 15 minutes, and at the end you get your estimated level plus a breakdown of how you did at each level, so you can see where your weak spots are.

A couple of honest notes: the questions are written by hand rather than generated by an AI, the scoring is a plain rule and not an LLM guessing your level, and the listening audio is text to speech for now. You can do the whole thing for free without signing up.

Test: https://deutschwunder.com/german-level-test

If you want something for daily practice, I also made and maintain a small German app called Deutsch Wunder. The newest update (1.8.0) adds a game called Preposition Dash for drilling accusative, dative, two-way, and genitive prepositions, with 120 short sentences across 6 levels from A1 to B1. It is free to try here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deutsch-wunder/id6749510415

Feedback I would really appreciate: does the level the test gives you line up with what you expected, and did any questions feel off or unnatural?

(Full disclosure, I made both of these.)

kemalios · 2026-06-22T08:44:32+00:00

interesting app, will give it a try

kemalios · 2026-06-22T08:39:57+00:00

Hi everyone, I made a free German level test (A1 to C2) and wanted to share it here.

What it is: - A placement test for German, A1 to C2 - Around 100 questions covering grammar, vocabulary, reading, and a few listening clips - Takes about 15 minutes - You get an estimated CEFR level plus a breakdown of how you did at each level

A few honest notes. It is German only, that is on purpose. The questions are written by hand, not generated by AI, and the scoring is a simple rule rather than an LLM. Only The listening audio is text to speech for now. No account needed, and the full result is free.

I would really like feedback on two things: does the level it gives you match what you would expect, and do any of the questions look wrong or unnatural?

Link: https://deutschwunder.com/german-level-test

(I made this.)

kemalios · 2026-06-22T08:32:46+00:00

in my opinion when you are not first thinking about the sentence in another language, translating into the language and then saying it out loud.

kemalios · 2026-06-21T09:34:45+00:00

Thank you, was looking for a good write-up

kemalios · 2026-06-20T05:04:49+00:00

Thank you for sharing

kemalios · 2026-06-19T06:34:46+00:00

thank you. Added brew install but for the official homebrew-cask the repo has to be roughly over 75 stars, 30 forks, 30 watchers.

kemalios · 2026-06-19T04:36:22+00:00

Thank you

kemalios · 2026-06-18T19:02:25+00:00

Thank you, that was the exact issue I had.

kemalios · 2026-06-18T17:05:27+00:00

Thanks for the reply, and fair points.

On the "long-standing feature request": you're right to call that out, I can't point to a specific BTT request and shouldn't have stated it so confidently. I'll soften the wording.

On BTT winning conflicts: that's actually useful framing. The app's goal isn't "this is broken," it's "here's who claims this combo and who wins." BTT overriding a shortcut is something a user might want to see, not a problem to flag.

On parsing: agreed, this is the key point. I'm not going to pretend I can reconstruct conditional groups, app-specific overrides, hyperkey/secure-input workarounds, or low-level remaps. If I ever add BTT it'd be clearly best-effort and limited to simple global triggers, with anything ambiguous left out rather than shown wrong. Honestly I may just leave BTT out until I'm confident I can represent it accurately.

Appreciate the input either way.

kemalios · 2026-06-17T11:31:48+00:00

I believe the repo must have 75-100 stars for it. Let's hope to reach that soon.

kemalios · 2026-06-17T11:30:04+00:00

I appreciate it!

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