I built Whispering because I believe transcription is too fundamental a tool to be locked behind paywalls. It's a cross-platform desktop and web transcription app that turns speech into text with a keyboard shortcut, among other things.The app lets you bring your own API key (OpenAI, Groq, etc.) and make direct calls. If you want complete privacy, it also supports local transcription. Either way, your audio never goes through any middleman servers. It's super lightweight (~22MB), built with Svelte 5 and Tauri, and works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.I've been using it daily for the past few months and just released v7 last night. I spent a considerable amount of time developing a clean architecture that's hopefully educational to read. This is one of the most complex Svelte 5 apps in production, with extensive use of runes and TanStack Query.I'm happy to answer questions about implementation or how to build desktop apps with this stack!Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44490741Points: 1# Comments: 0