sveinbjornt/hear
Command line interface for the built-in speech recognition and transcription capabilities in macOS.
- Stars
- 671
- Forks
- 35
- Open issues
- 7
- Last push
- 1mo ago
About hear
hear is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by sveinbjornt, written mainly in Objective-C. Command line interface for the built-in speech recognition and transcription capabilities in macOS. It has 671 GitHub stars and 35 forks, and was last updated 1mo ago. It's released under the BSD-3-Clause license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Language
- Objective-C
- Stars
- 671
- Last update
- 1mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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hear FAQ
Is hear free?
Yes. hear is open source and free to use. It's released under the BSD-3-Clause license, a standard open-source license.
Does hear run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, hear works on macOS.
Does hear need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is hear still maintained?
It was last updated 1mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to hear?
Similar free, open-source tools include Speech, speechbrain, mlx-audio, Amphion.