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Harsh Sharma
Harsh Sharma

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Built Toice - Local Voice Typing for Linux

I built a simple voice-to-text app for Linux because existing solutions either don't work well or send your audio to the cloud.

What it does:

  • Press hotkey → pill popup appears
  • Speak your text
  • Stop speaking → Ctrl+V anywhere to paste

Why it's different:

  • 100% local using Whisper models
  • No cloud services, no API costs
  • Works system-wide (terminal, browser, IDE, everywhere)
  • You choose the model size (fast vs accurate)

Built it for myself on Fedora KDE, but should work on most distros.

Check it out: https://github.com/harshsharma2455/Toice

Open to feedback and contributions!

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