Speech-to-text CLI in Rust with Nvidia Parakeet-local, fast, extensible

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Hey HN! I built Para-speak to fit my workflow - I wanted something simple: press shortcut → talk → press shortcut → text appears at cursor.Existing tooling wasn't sufficient, and at the same time NVIDIA's Parakeet model was showing excellent results online, so I wanted specifically to try that.Para-speak is a Rust CLI that uses NVIDIA's Parakeet TDT model running locally via MLX on Apple Silicon.Demo & details: https://elvin.engineering/blog/2025/09-10-para-speak-cli/GitHub: https://github.com/elv1n/para-speakKey features: - Configurable global shortcuts (double-tap, combinations, sequences) - Audio feedback - Text insertion at cursor position (emulating cmd+v) - Extensible controller system

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Website: elvin.engineering/blog/2025/09-10-para-speak-cli