slyk

macOS desktop app for local, private STT voice transcription

Table of Contents​

📝 About
✨ Features
🚀 Usage
🔧 Tools Used
👤 Contact

📝About​

slyk is a macOS desktop app for local, private speech-to-text voice transcription. Hold Option + Z and just speak. Your voice is transcribed locally using OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models - no data leaves your machine.

A local, private alternative to WisprFlow.

✨Features​

• 🎤 Hold to speak - Option + Z hotkey
• 🔒 100% local - No cloud, no data sent anywhere
• ⚡ Fast - Powered by Whisper and Parakeet models
• 🖥️ Native macOS - Built for Apple Silicon

🚀Usage​

1. Download from releases
2. Move to Applications
3. Grant microphone permissions
4. Hold Option + Z and speak
5. Text appears where your cursor is

🔧Tools Used​

👤Contact​