🎙️ Handy: Free and Open Source Speech-to-Text

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Handy: The speech-to-text tool that runs on your computer

Handy is a free and open source speech-to-text application you can run directly on your own computer. Just press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and release — Handy will automatically paste the transcribed text into the text field you're typing into.

How it works

• ⌨️ Configurable shortcut — press and hold (push-to-talk) or use toggle mode to start/stop dictation.
• 🎤 Real-time transcription — speak naturally and the text appears in the active field.
• ⚙️ Simple settings — change the key binding, choose between push-to-talk or toggle mode.

Why Handy is special

• 🆓 Free — accessibility tooling shouldn't be behind a paywall.
• 🔓 Open Source — customize it, extend it, contribute to the project.
• 🔒 Private — your voice stays on your computer. No audio sent to the cloud.
• ✨ Simple — one tool, one job: transcribe and paste.

Get started

👉 Visit https://handy.computer/ to download Handy and start using voice dictation on your computer.