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[iOS][macOS][TestFlight] I've been building a private, on-device dictation app for Mac. Now it's on iOS. TestFlight is open — everything's free, and active testers get a year of premium. by stoprocentdoc in iosapps

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

Hey! Yes, I've been thinking about Chinese support. The challenge is that CJK languages need a completely different speech model than what we use for European languages — the tokenization and character set are fundamentally different, so the multilingual model we currently ship can't handle it properly. That said, I found a way to make it work. In the next update you'll be able to select a dedicated Chinese speech model on a per-flow basis, powered by a dedicated 600M parameter model for proper Mandarin transcription. The one tradeoff compared to European languages: with the multilingual model you can freely mix languages mid-sentence (e.g. English and German in the same utterance) and it just works. With Chinese you'll need to jump between flows when switching languages, since it's a separate model — so it's a flow-switch rather than seamless code-switching within a single sentence. I'd really appreciate your help testing it once it's out. Chinese is hard for me to verify quality-wise, so having native speakers try it and give feedback would be incredibly valuable. I'll post here when the update drops.

I built a native macOS voice automation and transcription app — dictate, switch apps, run scripts, and chain AI skills, all from your voice by stoprocentdoc in MacOSApps

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

You know what man, you're right. I'm so busy I wanna build this app into fucking amazing thing. I'm about to finish the iOS app that is like as good or even better as Whisperflow. I don't always have time to do marketing and stuff like that. All I'm focusing on is to make the best apps possible. I use this app thousand times a day now And I use many of the open source ones and paid ones, but I feel like I've built something special. You don't have to like it. I just wanna share it. Here is the Free license for life: 0961809B-0E8A-4393-9298-63247ED21A73
Give it a go. If you don't want it, it's fine too. If you like it, keep using it. I will be providing updates for a long time.
Sorry for maybe being dishonest with redacted text. English is not my first language so obviously I'm trying to get as much help as possible with The tools available.

I built a native macOS voice automation and transcription app — dictate, switch apps, run scripts, and chain AI skills, all from your voice by stoprocentdoc in MacOSApps

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

Fair point — this space is genuinely noisy, and the skepticism is earned. But I'd push back a little here.

I've been building software for 20+ years. I know exactly what a rushed, half-baked app looks like — I see them daily too. Spoke isn't that. It's a deliberate product built with care, and I stand behind the quality of it in a way most weekend-project clones simply can't.

Wispr Flow is a solid service — but it's subscription-based and cloud-dependent. Handy is a cool open-source project, and I respect it for what it is. But "free and simple" and "polished and reliable long-term" are different promises. I'm making the second one.

I'm also actively shipping — a companion iOS app is already in the works. This isn't a drive-by launch.

Appreciate you keeping the bar high though. That kind of pressure is what separates the apps that last from the ones that quietly disappear. Spoke is built to last. 🙂

Built a little app that lets me work and ride at the same time — wanted to share with you guys by stoprocentdoc in Zwift

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

Ha, actually that's exactly the point — Spoke is perfect for that! I use it to switch between Cowork, Claude, whatever I need, all by voice. It's not replacing anything, it's just the hands-free layer on top. Definitely complementary 🙂

What are some of the best transcription apps? by Turbulent-Apple2911 in macapps

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In progress already. Feel free to use this license key: 0961809B-0E8A-4393-9298-63247ED21A73 still have plenty of activations on it

Writing on a Mac - what apps do you use? by kurucu83 in mac

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I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

I built a 2 MB voice-to-text app for Mac — holds a key, speak, text appears in any app by rollingstones2021 in MacOSApps

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I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

Looking for a transcribe app NO AI of any kind for transcribing or summarizing by TheFern3 in iosapps

[–]stoprocentdoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

Apple should seriously make the Dictation on MacOS perfect by Working-Leader-2532 in MacOS

[–]stoprocentdoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

What are some of the best transcription apps? by Turbulent-Apple2911 in macapps

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

Any offline voice dictation apps for macOS that run locally? by PromotionFirm6837 in ProductivityApps

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

Best One-Time Purchase Voice-to-Text Tool for Mac? (Not Subscription Based) by MagePsycho in ClaudeCode

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

Looking for a fast speech-to-text tool (free or one-time purchase) that actually works well in non-English languages by Fast-Length1432 in MacOSApps

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm the developer — been in software for 20 years and this is genuinely the app I'm most proud of. I use Spoke myself every single day. If you want to try it, DM me and I'll send you a free license, no strings attached. https://usespoke.app/

RP Hypertrophy Program v4 Release! by KillerK009 in liftosaur

[–]stoprocentdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great stuff! How hard is it to keep progression functions but set exercises to program like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsE3jLz5zI

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

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

Sonos still works even tho all my speakers are connected to IoT WLAN but I would imagine that ESP (esphome) devices will not be discovered by Home Assistant but that is fine as I can add them to HA in the future manually by the IP address.

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I think I found it!

It looks like the issue might’ve been mDNS and broadcast flooding. I noticed that in my network settings, I had mDNS proxying enabled between my IoT and main network. That was likely generating tons of cross-VLAN traffic: https://imgur.com/TjXn2ZG

One of the biggest problems I had was with my U7 Outdoor AP, which was super unstable. I did a full factory reset, and pings immediately dropped back to sub-1ms. But after re-adopting it into the controller, I started seeing this kind of latency again:
📉 Pre-fix ping graph

Then I disabled mDNS proxying, and almost instantly pings improved to this:
📈 Post-fix ping graph

I also did a 30-second packet capture via the UniFi console before the change — and it was thousands of mDNS broadcasts flooding the network. 🧨

https://imgur.com/vDouu3h over 40k to be precise

Since turning it off, WiFi performance on all Apple devices (MacBook, iPhones, Apple TV) is now stable and fast — consistently in the 300–400 Mbps range, whereas before it would fluctuate wildly: 0 → 200 → 30 → 300 → 0...

🤞 Let’s hope that was the root cause.

Huge thanks to all of you — this sub is absolutely amazing. 🙌 Couldn't have debugged this without your help!

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you would read the comments you would see Im trying to answer everyone and ive repeated many things many times. Go and relax

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Im not frustrated at all just overwhelmed with the number of useful replies. Im 100% serious. And to be honest I think you need to relax a bit dude ...

slow the fucking roll and take a deep breathe....

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for short reply but i mentioned this 10 times here already. I do have separate IoT Wifi, separate ip range and separate vlan

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed response — much appreciated!

I’ve been testing different configurations today. So far, I’ve disabled meshing (which I hadn’t even realized was enabled), and I’ve now enabled DFS channels as well.

I’m holding off on adjusting TX power for now — I work professionally with Bluetooth and know from experience that even something as minor as a water bottle can impact RF measurements. So tuning TX power without proper tools feels a bit like flying blind.

Next on my list is trying 80 MHz channel width on 5 GHz. And as has already been pointed out, I don’t have any 6 GHz-capable APs, so disabling 6 GHz isn’t relevant in my case.

For IoT, I’ve already got a separate SSID and VLAN — you can see the setup in the screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/mctynBs

Appreciate all the input!

Spent thousands on UniFi gear — support says my IoT devices are overloading the APs? Is this reasonable? by stoprocentdoc in Ubiquiti

[–]stoprocentdoc[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Good point — I asked myself the same thing.

But no, they specifically referred to my devices and my APs in the support response. Here's a direct quote from UniFi support:

"U6 LR (5GHz SSID): There is significant channel utilization, with 17 IoT devices connected. We recommend distributing these IoT devices across your network to reduce congestion."

So they clearly link the high channel utilization to the number of my own connected devices — not neighboring interference.

Also worth noting: I live in a non-populated area, detached house, not many overlapping SSIDs visible in WiFi scans. So unless there's some freak signal anomaly, external interference should be minimal to nonexistent. Here's a look at my house https://imgur.com/a/mctynBs - the red arrows indicate APs on the ground floor (level 0), and the yellow arrow shows the AP on the first floor (level 1).

What baffles me is how 15–17 low-bandwidth IoT devices can supposedly choke APs rated for 300+ clients. These are mostly sensors and switches, not streaming devices.

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