Dictation app for productivity
Say the task. Get it into the list.
Capture the thought before it disappears, right in the app you already have open; no separate inbox to check later. Use OpenWhispr Cloud for fast, accurate transcription, or local models to keep the audio on your machine.
Open source · 80,000+ downloads
The capture problem
The thought is quick. Typing it down is the slow part.
A task arrives while you are already doing something else. The longer capture takes, the more likely the thought stays in your head.
The task arrives in the middle of another task.
You are in Slack when you remember the invoice, or in a doc when you spot tomorrow's follow-up. Put the cursor in your task list, press the hotkey and say it before the thought disappears.
The note is longer than the time you have.
A useful idea becomes three thin bullet points because typing the whole thought feels like work. Talk it into Notion or Obsidian instead. OpenWhispr removes filler and false starts, then pastes the cleaned text at the cursor.
Five two-minute replies become an hour of avoidance.
The answer is already in your head. Press the same hotkey in Gmail or Slack, say the reply once and review the text before you send it. No separate recorder to empty later.
Your system has names only your system understands.
Project codenames, client names, acronyms and recurring places get mangled by generic dictation. Add them to the custom dictionary once so the transcription and clean-up get the spellings you use.
One hotkey wherever you type
Keep the system you built. Replace the typing.
One system-wide hotkey works wherever the cursor already is. Choose local models and it keeps working without a connection.
Your apps stay exactly where they are
Todoist for tasks, Notion for projects, Obsidian for notes, Gmail for replies. OpenWhispr types into all four. It pastes the finished text into the active field, so there is no new inbox to process and no integration to maintain.
A false start does not become a messy task
Say 'Thursday, no, Friday' and the clean-up keeps the correction. It removes filler, fixes punctuation and turns spoken dates into written ones while keeping your wording and intent.
The capture habit still works offline
Download local speech-to-text and a local clean-up model once. Then tasks, notes and replies can be transcribed and tidied on your computer with no connection and no per-word bill.
AI processing location
On your device
when local transcription and local clean-up models are selected
Cost to capture locally
$0
unlimited local dictation on every desktop you use
Local setup
A few steps
download, choose models, set the hotkey and start speaking
Download to first captured task
Three steps from a thought to the right inbox.
Nothing to migrate and no productivity system to rebuild.
Download it free.
Install OpenWhispr on Mac, Windows or Linux. Choose OpenWhispr Cloud for speed, or download local models for offline use.
Put the cursor where the thought belongs.
Open the task field, note, email or message you already use. Press your hotkey and say the whole thought, including the context you would normally skip.
Review it and move on.
OpenWhispr cleans the wording and pastes it at the cursor. Check the text, save or send it, and get back to the work you were doing.
Why it earns a place in the stack
10 reasons people use OpenWhispr in the apps they already use
Each one removes friction from capture without asking you to replace the apps that already work.
One hotkey across your apps.
Tasks in Todoist, project notes in Notion, linked thoughts in Obsidian, replies in Gmail and Slack. If automatic paste is unavailable, the text stays on the clipboard.
No new inbox to empty.
The words land in the tool where they belong. You do not record a voice memo now and remember to move it later.
You approve the text before it becomes a task.
The cleaned text lands in the field first. Fix a name, date or label before you save or send it.
Dates look like dates.
Spoken dates, times, numbers and currency are converted to standard written forms before the text reaches your task, note or reply.
Your project vocabulary follows you.
Add client names, codenames, acronyms and product terms to the custom dictionary. The same list helps across the apps you dictate into.
Unlimited local dictation is free.
No trial clock, no word cap and no card on every desktop plan when you run the speech-to-text model on your own machine.
Offline means the capture habit does not break.
Local transcription and a local clean-up model keep working on a plane, during an outage or anywhere the connection drops.
100+ languages.
Capture the thought in the language you actually think in. The same app and the same hotkey support more than 100 languages.
The privacy claim is code you can inspect.
OpenWhispr is open source. You can inspect the local transcription and paste paths yourself.
Mac, Windows and Linux.
Use the same free app on the desktop at work and the laptop at home, with a hotkey you choose for each machine.
Before you add voice input to your productivity stack
What people ask before they put OpenWhispr in their stack
What it does, what it does not do and what stays on your machine.
Does OpenWhispr create and schedule tasks for me?
Do I need an integration for every productivity app?
Will it clean up a rambling thought?
Can OpenWhispr process my dictation locally?
Is unlimited dictation really free?
Will it spell project names and acronyms correctly?
What people tell us
Better than typing. Clean after a stumble. Local without WiFi.
Read them for the tool, not for a productivity method.
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Productivity apps to replace
OpenWhispr is the voice input across the stack you already use. Your tasks, notes, docs, email and chat stay where they are.
Started using OpenWhispr with my local models and hardware. I have to say, this is better than typing.
I switched to voice input for my Claude Code chats. Even when I stumble and rephrase mid-sentence, the transcription comes out clean and polished.
I needed a local model for when I'm travelling or have no WiFi, and this perfectly solves it. The UI and performance are great.
Pricing
Free forever.
Upgrade when you want more.
FreePopular $0No card details needed | Pro $6.67/user/mo$80/user billed annually Start with Pro | Business $13.33/user/mo$160/user billed annually Start with Business | |
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| Best for | People who want unlimited local dictation across their personal productivity stack for $0 | People who want unlimited cloud dictation without managing local models | Teams that want agent mode and unlimited cloud meeting recordings alongside dictation |
| Main reason to choose | Capture tasks, notes and replies locally with no word cap, trial clock or card | Unlimited OpenWhispr Cloud transcription with no local model to download | Unlimited cloud meeting recordings and agent mode for shared workflows |
| Offline speech-to-textOffline speech-to-text runs entirely on your own device, it works without internet connection, and it's unlimited and free. | Included | Included | Included |
| Cloud speech-to-textCloud speech-to-text sends audio to OpenWhispr Cloud for the highest accuracy and speed, with no local models to download. | 2,000 words/week via OpenWhispr Cloud, or unlimited using your own API keys | Unlimited OpenWhispr Cloud speech-to-text | Unlimited OpenWhispr Cloud speech-to-text |
| Meeting recordings | 5 hours/month | 20 hours/month | Unlimited |
| Privacy & data handling | Offline audio stays on your device. Cloud audio is sent only to transcribe it, then never stored. | Offline audio stays on your device. Cloud audio is sent only to transcribe it, then never stored. | Offline audio stays on your device. Cloud audio is sent only to transcribe it, then never stored. |
| Setup experience | Hands-on: install app, choose local models, optionally add API keys | Easy: install app, upgrade, use unlimited cloud speech-to-text | Moderate: configure users, Agent mode, and data workflows |
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| Team management | None | None | Basic team / workflow use |
| Support | Community support | Email support | Priority support |
Need SSO, compliance features, admin controls, or dedicated support for a larger team?
We also offer a custom Enterprise plan with managed onboarding and tailored features.
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Why we built it
A productivity system is only useful if the thought gets into it.
OpenWhispr turns speech into clean text where the thought belongs: your task list, notes or reply field.
OpenWhispr is open source, so you can inspect the local transcription and paste paths yourself. With local models selected, dictation can stay on your machine.
And if anything breaks, you talk to the people who built it, in Discord.
$0 · open source · your apps stay put
Press the hotkey. Get the thought into the app already open.
Download OpenWhispr, choose a model and dictate into your task list, notes or reply field. No card and no migration.
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