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Voice-to-Text

Local push-to-talk speech-to-text. Hold a hotkey, speak, release — transcribed text lands in your clipboard. Powered by whisper.cpp.

Shift+Altdefault hotkey
v1.0.0Released 2026-04-22

Latest release

Windows bundle · 45.1 MB

Download v1.0.0

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What's inside

100% local

Audio and transcripts never leave your machine. No cloud, no API keys, no usage limits.

Push-to-talk

Hold Shift+Alt (or any hotkey you like), speak, release. Text lands in your clipboard.

Fast on CPU

~1.5–3s turnaround on a modern CPU with the small.en model. Tune threads and model to taste.

Tray-native UX

Coloured tray icon shows state at a glance: idle, starting, recording, transcribing.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 or later (x64)
  • ~150 MB free disk space (extracted)
  • A microphone (any WASAPI capture device)

Install

  1. 01Download the zip and extract it into a folder you own (e.g. C:\Tools\voice-to-text\).
  2. 02(Optional) open config.ini and set your preferred hotkey or microphone.
  3. 03Double-click voice-to-text.exe. It will auto-elevate for global hotkey support.
  4. 04Hold Shift+Alt, speak, release — then paste anywhere with Ctrl+V.

Release notes

v1.0.02026-04-22voice-to-text.zip (45.1 MB)
  • Initial public release.
  • Standalone Windows bundle — no installer, no dependencies to fetch.
  • Push-to-talk speech-to-text with whisper.cpp (small.en model).
  • WASAPI microphone capture via bundled mic-capture tool.
  • Tray icon with idle / starting / recording / transcribing states.
  • Configurable hotkey, model, threads, and audio device via config.ini.