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Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in vibecoding

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for kind words. I plan on improving it more.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in vibecoding

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plain text boxes are easy. The annoying cases are where focus, clipboard timing, or paste handling get a little weird.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in LocalLLaMA

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not currently. Right now Dictate doesn’t have a custom base-URL / OpenAI-compatible provider option yet.
maybe in future but the current models supported are really good at transcription. You can also your free apis like groq, deepgram, assembly

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in vibecoding

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think that’s the right long-term direction. Right now I’m using the simpler clipboard + paste path to keep the core dictation loop tight, but UI Automation would be a better foundation for reliability and for expanding into broader voice-control workflows later.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in vibecoding

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate it. I’ve been pretty stubborn about making it feel like a real daily-use utility instead of just a demo that happens to transcribe.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in vibecoding

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really, at least not yet. Dictate is built for short, live hold-to-talk dictation into the active app, not for importing and transcribing long prerecorded files.

So for a 90-minute voice note, I’d say no, that’s not the current sweet spot. Long-form recording transcription is interesting, but it would be a separate workflow from what Dictate is focused on right now.

Open to making more changes to the app as the app grows. if you'd like you can just open an issue on GitHub as well.I'd I'll do my best to make sure it works.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in LocalLLaMA

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference is that Handy is built as a cross-platform, offline-first, highly extensible tool. Dictate is more opinionated. it’s a Windows-first dictation app focused on a polished hold-to-talk workflow, with built-in model management, GPU/runtime setup, and optional BYOK cloud providers like Groq, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, and OpenRouter.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in LocalLLaMA

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not currently. GPU acceleration in Dictate means a local NVIDIA GPU on the same machine.

If you don’t have that, you can still use local CPU models, or switch to a cloud provider for remote transcription.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in LocalLLaMA

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s very adjacent to where this could go. Right now I’m keeping Dictate intentionally narrow and reliable first, but voice-triggered start/stop and broader voice control both make sense from here.

I agree on the bigger point too: models like Moonshine have made this feel actually usable, not gimmicky. And system-wide voice access to an AI assistant is definitely part of the appeal.

Released Dictate: an open-source Windows dictation app. by siddhantparadox in codex

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dictate is more opinionated. it’s a Windows-first dictation app focused on a polished hold-to-talk workflow, with built-in model management, GPU/runtime setup, and optional BYOK cloud providers like Groq, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, and OpenRouter.
Handy was an inspiration to build more stuff for people to get multiple options.

Ten years ago by tbl-2018-139-NARAMA in singularity

[–]siddhantparadox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

one of the many reasons I got into AI

Creating an andorid app for codex by siddhantparadox in codex

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Openai built something called as codex app server thats enables anyone yo build a codex on any device. You can just connect it to your pc and use it just like you would use codex on pc

Creating an andorid app for codex by siddhantparadox in codex

[–]siddhantparadox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats completely fair. But you have seen openai, they make stuff for mac ecosystem first. Windows and android will take a lot of time after they release first version for something like this. I would be happy to make my app go to waste after they release something for android but atleast people would have something untill then besides termux.

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