Kuberwastaken/megaphone
Free, private, on-device dictation for Mac, powered by Apple's SpeechAnalyzer and Foundation Models.
- Stars
- 177
- Forks
- 14
- Open issues
- 3
- Last push
- 3mo ago
megaphone star history
+5 this week
About megaphone
megaphone is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by Kuberwastaken, written mainly in Swift. Free, private, on-device dictation for Mac, powered by Apple's SpeechAnalyzer and Foundation Models. It has 177 GitHub stars and 14 forks, and was last updated 3mo ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Swift
- Stars
- 177
- Last update
- 3mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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megaphone FAQ
Can I use megaphone commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is megaphone free?
Yes. megaphone is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does megaphone run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, megaphone works on macOS.
Does megaphone need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is megaphone still maintained?
It was last updated 3mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to megaphone?
Similar free, open-source tools include Speech, fish-speech, mlx-audio, whisper.cpp.
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