VocaHQ/vocamac
Open-source, offline voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, text appears. Private on-device dictation with multiple speech engines.
- Stars
- 158
- Forks
- 19
- Open issues
- 3
- Last push
- today
vocamac star history
+17 this week
About vocamac
vocamac is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by VocaHQ, written mainly in Swift. Open-source, offline voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, text appears. Private on-device dictation with multiple speech engines. It has 158 GitHub stars and 19 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Commercial use
- Copyleft
- Language
- Swift
- Stars
- 158
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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vocamac FAQ
Can I use vocamac commercially?
With conditions. AGPL-3.0 allows commercial use, but if you modify it or build on it, even as a web service, your code must also be released under AGPL. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is vocamac free?
Yes. vocamac is open source and free to use. It's released under the AGPL-3.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does vocamac run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, vocamac works on macOS.
Does vocamac need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is vocamac still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 3 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to vocamac?
Similar free, open-source tools include VoiceStudio, voicebox, Speech, whisper.cpp.
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