I built a local-first macOS transcriber

Show HN: I built a local-first macOS transcriber

I built a local-first macOS transcriber operates in show hn launch.

Profile

Hi HN, I'm Alex. I built inkoscribe because I needed a transcription tool I could actually trust with sensitive meetings, interviews, and 1:1s — without uploading audio to anyone's cloud.It's a macOS CLI that does real-time speech-to-text fully on-device: brew tap uohzxela/inkoscribe brew install inkoscribe inkoscribe -s sys # captures system audio (meetings, calls, videos) inkoscribe -s mic # captures your microphone Requires macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3+).A few things I cared about while building it:- Zero network calls. Your audio never leaves the machine.- Real-time, word-by-word output — not batch.- No accounts, no config, no Electron. Just a binary you brew install.It's my dail

As a business in show hn launch, I built a local-first macOS transcriber is listed here with the public details available about it.

The company is listed at the Show HN launch stage of development.

Website: inkoscribe.com