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Dictata
Windows dictation app in Rust that runs whisper.cpp or ONNX models (Parakeet, SenseVoice, Moonshine) locally, with optional cleanup by a local LLM.
v0.2.0 released 2026-10-22; last push 2026-10-22 (gh api). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Voice dictation apps
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? copyleft or source-available with restrictions (5% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (24% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? both (19% of 21 others)
- Does it use an AI model to clean up or rewrite your dictated text, and where does that run? AI rewrite on your device only (10% of 21 others)
- If you use cloud speech or AI, how is it paid for? no cloud option (19% of 21 others)
- Where does it run? Windows only or Linux only (10% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (100% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (57% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (68% of 19 others)
- Where does speech recognition happen by default? on your device by default (65% of 20 others)
- Which open speech models can it run on your device? several model families (e.g. Whisper and Parakeet) (53% of 17 others)
- Does it also record meetings or calls? no (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- TuxWhisper 87% of 15 shared answers match
- YazSes 73% of 15 shared answers match
- Qwen Scribe 67% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart copyleft or source-available with restrictions MIT plus the Commons Clause (no selling), so source-available with restrictions, not OSI open source. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart both Ships a Windows zip, but ONNX backends need a source build with feature flags. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | OpenAI Whisper models (whisper.cpp, faster-whisper, WhisperKit) whisper.cpp in the shipped build; ONNX models need a source build. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does speech recognition happen by default? | on your device by default | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which open speech models can it run on your device? | several model families (e.g. Whisper and Parakeet) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it use an AI model to clean up or rewrite your dictated text, and where does that run? | stands apart AI rewrite on your device only Post-processing through a local OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint. | source 2026-10-26 |
| If you use cloud speech or AI, how is it paid for? | stands apart no cloud option | source 2026-10-26 |
| What is the main way users pay the maker? | nothing | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does it run? | stands apart Windows only or Linux only | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it also record meetings or calls? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is 'your voice never leaves your device' the headline promise? | yes, it is the main promise | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
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- GitHub · github.com/AntoineChatry/Dictata · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · github.com/AntoineChatry/Dictata/blob/main/LICENSE · collected 2026-10-26
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