A simple, offline speech-to-text app you can actually modify.
Handy lets you speak directly into any text field on your computer—emails, code editors, forms, docs—with just a keyboard shortcut. Press, talk, press again, and your words appear instantly. It runs fully offline with Whisper, works cross-platform, and never sends your voice to the cloud.
Built for hackers, tinkerers, and accessibility.
Unlike commercial dictation tools locked behind subscriptions, Handy is open-source and intentionally lightweight. The codebase is designed to be hacked on, forked, and adapted—whether you want to build custom accessibility tools, prototype voice-first workflows, or just simplify everyday typing.
Early-stage, community-driven.
Handy is still in beta, with rough edges and room to grow. I’m looking for users to test, report bugs, Rust devs to contribute, and anyone curious about voice computing to experiment. If you’ve ever wished for a private, modifiable, no-frills speech-to-text foundation, Handy is here to start building on.
