wuwangzhang1216/ora
Real-time on-device speech translation for macOS. Silero VAD + Qwen3-ASR-1.7B + Qwen3.5 (MLX) on Apple Silicon. No cloud, no API keys, no telemetry.
- Stars
- 60
- Forks
- 5
- Open issues
- 1
- Last push
- today
ora star history
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About ora
ora is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by wuwangzhang1216, written mainly in Swift. Real-time on-device speech translation for macOS. Silero VAD + Qwen3-ASR-1.7B + Qwen3.5 (MLX) on Apple Silicon. No cloud, no API keys, no telemetry. It has 60 GitHub stars and 5 forks, and was last updated today. 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
- 60
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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ora FAQ
Can I use ora 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 ora free?
Yes. ora is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does ora run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, ora works on macOS.
Does ora need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is ora still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 1 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to ora?
Similar free, open-source tools include Real-Time-Voice-Cloning, Speech, meetily, mlx-audio.
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