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Guides on how to use dictation on a Mac or Windows PC, free dictation tools, Wispr Flow alternatives, and using Codictate across apps, IDEs, chat, and mail.
We swapped whisper-cli for CrispASR: 1.58x faster, 24% less RAM, and 107 backends instead of one
Whisper transcription in Codictate no longer runs on whisper.cpp's own CLI. Nine speed comparisons on an M4 Max, honest accuracy numbers, and the Danish model that made the swap worth doing.
Emil Lykke Grann
Tiny vs Base: a 50-sample triage to find which Whisper models deserve a full benchmark
12 Whisper Tiny and Base variants, 50 samples each, tested through Codictate's pipeline on an M4 Max. A triage run to find which small models deserve a full benchmark.
Emil Lykke Grann
We benchmarked every model in Codictate. Here is what 4,000 transcriptions revealed.
4 speech-to-text models, 5 languages, 200 samples each, all running through Codictate's own pipeline on an M4 Max. Real numbers, real trade-offs.
Emil Lykke GrannWispr Flow Alternative for MacBook
Wispr Flow alternative that is free, open source, and runs on-device. Codictate gives you dictation on Mac and MacBook with no subscription.
Emil Lykke GrannFree Dictation Tool for Mac: Dictate in Any App
Looking for a free dictation tool for Mac or MacBook? Codictate is open source, runs on-device, and pastes text into any app. No subscription, no cloud.
Emil Lykke GrannHow To Use Dictation on Your Mac
Apple's built-in Mac dictation works for a quick sentence. Codictate is a free dictation tool for Mac and MacBook with on-device AI, stream mode, translate, formatting, and 50+ languages.
Emil Lykke GrannNVIDIA Parakeet TDT v3: dictation that stays on your Mac
Stream mode and a new on-device engine: Parakeet TDT v3 via Core ML on the Apple Neural Engine, ~25 languages, one download in Settings.
Emil Lykke GrannTranslate Mode + two days after launch
Thank you for the launch week energy we hit #27 on Product Hunt. New: speak in your language, get English text. Plus notes on Apple code signing.
Emil Lykke GrannAny language. Any application. Anytime.
Why I built Codictate: Electrobun, a Wispr Flow trial ending, and a rule: no AI until I could dictate my prompts with my own tool.
Emil Lykke Grann