u/AppleOptimal916 — reddlx

I recently built a completely free, local‑first speech‑to‑text app (similar to Whisperflow) and wanted to share it here.

Highlights:

✅ Runs fully offline (no cloud, no data leaving your machine)
✅ Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux
✅ No GPU required
✅ Runs smoothly even on 10+ year old hardware
✅ Backend written in Rust for performance and low resource usage

The goal was to make speech‑to‑text accessible on older machines without subscriptions, GPUs, or privacy tradeoffs. It’s been working surprisingly well even on very modest systems.

I’m mainly looking for feedback, ideas, and real‑world use cases from the community. If people find it useful, I’d love to keep improving it.

GitHub link: https://github.com/gulshan-archive/Spext