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@gurugv gurugv released this 14 May 14:34
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OpenWispr v0.1.0 — initial release

Speak. The text appears where your cursor is.
Free, open source, fully on-device dictation for macOS.

Install

  1. Download OpenWispr.zip below.
  2. Unzip and drag OpenWispr.app to /Applications.
  3. First launch: right-click OpenWispr.app → Open (the build is unsigned; this is a one-time Gatekeeper acceptance).
  4. Click the menu-bar waveform icon → Settings → grant Microphone and Accessibility.
  5. Press Fn + Option anywhere — speak — press again to stop. Text appears at the cursor.

Full walkthrough: docs/install.md.

Privacy

OpenWispr is fully on-device — no network calls in the dictation path. Verify yourself:

grep -r "URLSession\|http://\|https://" Sources/

Only matches are a link to this repo in the About window.

Requirements

  • macOS 13 (Ventura) or newer
  • Apple Silicon Mac (arm64). Intel builds will land in a future release.

What's included

  • Pre-bundled Moonshine medium-streaming-en model (~280 MB) — no separate download needed.
  • Two text-insertion modes (clipboard paste, synthesized keystrokes).
  • Self-test that surfaces permission / hotkey problems via a colored menu-bar icon.

Known limitations

  • Hotkey is hard-coded to Fn+Option (rebinding lands in v0.2).
  • Ad-hoc signed: TCC permission grants don't survive across reinstalls (re-grant via Settings → Permissions if you hit this).

Checksums

See OpenWispr.zip.sha256 below.

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