Stop paying for AI transcription! 🎙️ WritHer: 100% Local Voice Assistant for Windows. Privacy-first, Whisper + Ollama powered. Open Source on GitHub!

Source: Dev.to

Overview

WritHer is a free and open‑source alternative to Wispr Flow. It lives in the system tray on Windows and provides two main capabilities:

• Voice transcription – Hold AltGr in any app or text field, speak, and the tool transcribes your voice with Whisper and pastes the text at the cursor position. No clicking or app switching required.
• Voice assistant – Hold Ctrl + R to activate a natural‑language assistant that can create notes, to‑do lists, shopping lists, and reminders (with toast notifications). All data is stored locally in SQLite.

Features

• 100 % offline operation
  • Speech recognition via faster‑whisper
  • Intent parsing via Ollama
  • No cloud services, API keys, or telemetry
• Animated floating widget with eyes that react to its state (listening, thinking, error, etc.)
• Cross‑application support – works in any text field on Windows 10/11
• Local storage – SQLite database keeps all notes and reminders on your machine

Technical Details

• Language: Python
• License: MIT
• Platforms: Windows 10 / Windows 11 (currently Windows‑only)

Getting Started

1. Clone or download the repository.
2. Install the required Python dependencies (see the repository’s requirements.txt).
3. Download the Whisper and Ollama models as instructed in the README.
4. Run the application; it will add an icon to the system tray.

For more information and documentation, visit the project website.

Feedback

The author welcomes feedback, especially from users who rely on voice input in their daily workflow. Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests on GitHub.