Write First Drafts at the Speed of Speech
Most people speak 3x faster than they type. OpenWhispr turns your spoken words into clean text — with AI that handles grammar, formatting, and structure so you can focus on ideas.
View on GitHubWhy Writers Need Voice Dictation
Writer's block isn't always about ideas — sometimes it's about the friction between your thoughts and the page. Staring at a blank document, fingers hovering over keys, trying to get the first sentence perfect. Meanwhile, you could explain the entire concept out loud in thirty seconds.
The average person types 40 words per minute but speaks 130. For first drafts, outlines, brainstorming, and getting raw ideas down, speaking is dramatically faster. But most dictation tools produce messy transcripts full of "um" and "uh" that need heavy editing — which defeats the purpose.
OpenWhispr's agent mode solves this. Speak naturally, and the AI cleans up your transcription into polished prose — removing filler words, fixing grammar, and structuring your thoughts into readable paragraphs.
How OpenWhispr Supercharges Your Writing
Agent Mode — From Speech to Polished Prose
Custom system prompts transform raw dictation into clean text. Set up prompts for different writing tasks: "clean up into blog prose," "format as newsletter section," "structure as article outline." Your words go in messy, they come out ready to edit.
Works in Any Writing App
Google Docs, Notion, Scrivener, Ulysses, Bear, Obsidian, WordPress, Medium's editor, Ghost — OpenWhispr works everywhere. It operates system-wide via clipboard, so there's no plugin to install. If you can paste text, it works.
Transcription History — Never Lose a Word
Every dictation is saved in your local history. Had a great idea while walking but forgot to paste it? It's still there. Need to revisit something you dictated yesterday? Search your history. No words are ever lost.
99+ Languages for Multilingual Writers
Writing in English and Spanish? Covering international stories? OpenAI Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet recognize 99+ languages with impressive accuracy. Dictate in your native language, or switch between languages mid-workflow. No settings change needed.
Real-World Writing Scenarios
Blog Posts and Articles
You have an idea for a 2,000-word article. Instead of spending two hours typing the first draft, you open your writing app, hold the OpenWhispr hotkey, and talk through your argument for ten minutes. Agent mode cleans up the transcription into structured paragraphs. Now you have a solid rough draft to edit and refine — in a fraction of the time.
Newsletters and Email Content
Weekly newsletters feel like a grind when you're typing every word. With OpenWhispr, dictate your newsletter content conversationally — it sounds more natural and authentic than carefully typed prose anyway. Agent mode formats it into sections with headers. Your subscribers get content that reads like you're talking directly to them.
Brainstorming and Outlining
Capture ideas the moment they form. Walking, commuting, lying in bed — hold the hotkey and talk. OpenWhispr catches every word and saves it to your transcription history. When you sit down to write, all your raw material is already there. No more "I had a great idea but forgot it."
Why Writers Choose OpenWhispr
3x Faster First Drafts
Speak at 130 words/minute instead of typing 40. Get rough drafts down in minutes, not hours.
Reduce Wrist Strain
Professional writers type thousands of words daily. Dictation lets your hands rest while your ideas keep flowing.
Private and Free
Your words stay on your device. No cloud processing, no subscription for core features. Open source.
Let Your Ideas Flow
Stop overthinking the first draft. Speak your ideas, let AI clean them up, and spend your time where it matters - editing and refining. Open source and free.
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