The Challenge
Cloud dictation tools are quick and the cleanup is smart, but they cost a subscription and every word you say goes to someone else's server.
The Solution
Voxki is a menu-bar app: hold a key, speak, release, and the text lands in whatever app you are already in. Whisper transcribes on-device and a local LLM tidies the result — filler words out, punctuation in — so there is no account, no API key and nothing leaving the Mac. One purchase rather than a monthly bill.
What I Built
On-device transcription
WhisperKit and MLX run the model on Apple silicon; audio never leaves the machine.
Hold, speak, release
A single hotkey anywhere in macOS — the text arrives in the focused app.
Cleanup and punctuation
A local model running on the same Mac removes filler words and fixes punctuation; if it is unavailable the raw transcript is inserted unchanged.
Bought once
A 14-day trial and a one-off licence, instead of a subscription.
Outcome
- No account, no API key, no audio leaving the device
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