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Show HN: Open-Source Local Whisper Flow Alternative

Cloudless Voice, an open-source dictation app for Mac, launched as a fully local alternative to Wispr Flow, processing audio entirely on-device to ensure privacy and offline functionality. The app features Smart Cleanup, which automatically removes filler words, formats emails, times, lists, and numbers, and supports multiple languages. It offers hotkey activation, transcript history, and an Enterprise Plan for teams, with pricing not disclosed.

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Show HN: Open-Source Local Whisper Flow Alternative
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Cloudless Voice

is

fast

dictation

that

runs

entirely

on

your

device.

No cloud

means

complete privacy

& no one

listening.

Speak

naturally

and

let

Smart Cleanup

do

the

rest.

All the

features

you

already

love

without the risks.

Smart Cleanup

Basic dictation just transcribes. Cloudless Voice makes it ready-to-send. Our custom-built local AI automatically polishes your transcript: filler words, formatting, punctuation. All without your voice ever leaving your Mac.

I've been, uh, working on a fix

Remove Filler Word

I've been working on a fix.

Let's sync at 9 am, no sorry, 10 am

Backtracking

Let's sync at 10 AM

send it to tim three three at example site dot com

Email Formatting

Send it to tim33@examplesite.com

hey do you mind rescheduling our meeting for three thirty pm

Time Formatting

Hey, do you mind rescheduling our meeting for 3:30 PM?

grocery list number one milk number two eggs number three bananas

List Formatting

Grocery list:

  1. Milk

  2. Eggs

  3. Bananas

hello exclamation mark

Advanced Punctuation

Hello!

there are three hundred forty six issues

Number Formatting

There are 346 issues.

100% Local

Runs fully on-device #

Most voice apps send your audio and transcripts to the cloud (remote servers) for processing. Cloudless Voice runs entirely locally, so your voice and data never leaves your device.

Complete privacy

Works offline

No remote AI training

Cloudless Voice is sure to get the tick of approval from your company. With fully local processing, and open-source code to verify, we provide security that surpasses cloud-based dictation tools like Wispr Flow.

Our Enterprise Plan is for teams and organizations looking to adopt private and secure AI dictation into their workflow.

Features

More reasons to love Cloudless #

Hotkey activation

Press & hold Caps Lock (customizable) to dictate, or double-tap for handsfree mode.

Light / dark mode

Built to work with your setup

Works in all apps and sites

Insert transcripts into any text field

Transcript history

View and manage past transcripts

❤️

Wall of love

What people are saying #

I love [Cloudless Voice] because it gets the job done extremely well. It’s a pleasure to use, and it gets updated often.

Kavia

I just paid for WF's 1 year plan and then I discovered your freaking software which is quite awesome local and it's very quick on my Macbook.

JP

Aubrey

I'm impressed with the desktop version so far. The main place I was considering installing this type of tool was indeed on my laptop as I have RRMS and sometimes need to take a break from typing or don't have the energy to some days.

CL

Catie Lake

Technical Dicrector

I just installed [Cloudless Voice] today, because I want to get away from wisprflow… and so far I am pretty happy with it."

Jens Kleinholz

you guys are GOATED for this.

been sick of hearing wispr flow on youtube ads, wished there was a FREE alternative - and BOOM, stumbled w/ [Cloudless Voice] on reddit

Z

Zey

Hey all! I wanted to say thank you for this great application. It works really good it's really blazing fast. I tried a lot of them as an alternative but this one really rocks!! Thank you again!

Waldemar

I wanted to express my gratitude for creating this app. I'm genuinely pleased and had a positive experience using it… I'm actually using the tool that you made to write this message.

WN

Wiktor Nowak

I've been using your app for quite a while now, and I think it's a fantastic replacement for Wispr.

KC

Krishna Chaudhari

Overall super impressed and have recommended it to my colleagues as well.

RI

Rahul Iyer

I was impressed today, when I saw it's not just english that it recognizes, but also German and French which is very convenient for me!

JP

Jan Pfrenger

The app is really good and fast omg

👀

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