[sathish316]

To build your own STT (speech-to-text) with a local model and and modify it, just ask Claude code to build it for you with this workflow.

F12 -> sox for recording -> temp.wav -> faster-whisper -> pbcopy -> notify-send to know what’s happening

https://github.com/sathish316/soupawhisper

I found a Linux version with a similar workflow and forked it to build the Mac version. It look less than 15 mins to ask Claude to modify it as per my needs.

F12 Press → arecord (ALSA) → temp.wav → faster-whisper → xclip + xdotool

https://github.com/ksred/soupawhisper

Thanks to faster-whisper and local models using quantization, I use it in all places where I was previously using Superwhisper in Docs, Terminal etc.

[archb]

Yeah, it's really that simple. I have tried various applications as well and keep coming back to my custom script because when a new voice model drops on HuggingFace it becomes possible to customize it immediately - rather than wait for that application developer to support that new model.

[elxr]

> F12 Press → arecord (ALSA) → temp.wav → faster-whisper → xclip + xdotool

Okay starting point, but that last two only works on X11. Considering it's 2026, I really don't think a guide for someone wanting to make a speech-to-text app should be recommending X11.