For Windows x64

Local dictation that stays on your machine.

AudioBud turns a hotkey into private speech-to-text. Press, speak, and your words appear in the app or text field that already has focus.

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Current releaseA Windows x64 installer or a portable build, on the releases page. Audio privacyTranscription runs locally; audio is not uploaded. Known caveatThe installer is not code-signed yet.

Press a shortcut, speak, and keep moving.

The app is built for quick dictation into any focused text field, without switching to a recorder or uploading audio for processing.

1

Start recording

Use the Windows default shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+Space, or set your own binding.

2

Transcribe locally

Silero VAD trims silence, then the selected local model turns speech into text.

3

Paste the result

AudioBud inserts the transcript into the active app by clipboard or direct typing.

Current app surface

AudioBud is a detached Handy fork with its own defaults, model choice, Windows focus, and frog-themed dark interface.

Local models

Download and switch between Parakeet, Whisper, Moonshine, SenseVoice, GigaAM, Canary, and Cohere engines from the Models screen.

Configurable input

Choose push-to-talk or toggle mode, microphone and output devices, audio feedback, overlay position, and paste behavior.

Text cleanup controls

Format spoken numbers as digits ($25, 10%, 3.5), add custom words and deterministic word replacements, switch between formatted and raw output from the tray, and run optional LLM post-processing with your own provider key.

History and retention

Keep recent transcriptions and recordings, set retention limits, retry entries, and clear data when you do not want it stored.

AudioBud general settings in dark mode with shortcut, sound, microphone, and audio feedback controls.
General settings in dark mode with the current Windows shortcut and sound controls.
AudioBud model settings in dark mode with Parakeet V3 active and other engines available to download.
Model management with Parakeet V3 active and other local engines available.

Pick the local engine that fits the job.

Parakeet V3 is the Windows default. Whisper remains available for broad language coverage and translation.

Parakeet V3

Fast multilingual transcription for 25 European languages.

recommendedDirectML
456 MB
Whisper

Small, medium, turbo, and large variants through whisper.cpp.

translationmany languages
465 MB+
Specialized engines

Moonshine, SenseVoice, GigaAM, Canary, and Cohere cover speed or language niches.

download in appoffline audio
31 MB+

Unsigned release: Windows SmartScreen warns on first launch because the installer is not signed yet. Choose More info, then Run anyway, or build from source.

Latest release

Build from source

Use Rust, Bun, and the platform build tools.

The current release is validated on Windows x64. macOS and Linux code is inherited from Handy, but this fork has not validated those builds yet.

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bun install
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