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Vowen

Free privacy-first voice interface for speech, actions, and automation

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Overview

Vowen is a free, privacy-first voice interface that converts speech into text, actions, and automation across your favorite applications. With real-time speech-to-text in 99+ languages, AI-powered writing assistance (BYOK), and system-wide voice control, Vowen works entirely offline for transcription using Whisper models. It also offers audio/video file transcription with subtitle export, file conversion utilities, and integration with 20+ popular apps.

Pricing: 100% free - no signup, no trials, no subscriptions

Minimum macOS: 14.0 (Sonoma)

Architecture: Apple Silicon

Key Features

  • Real-time speech-to-text in 99+ languages
  • AI-powered writing assistance (bring your own API key)
  • System-wide voice control across all applications
  • Audio/video file transcription with subtitle export (VTT/SRT)
  • File conversion utilities (media, PDFs, images, configs)
  • Custom vocabulary and text snippet support
  • 100% local processing with no data collection
  • Works offline for transcription using Whisper models
  • Integration with 20+ apps (Claude, Notion, Gmail, VS Code, etc.)
  • Smart meeting notes and lecture summaries
  • Supports OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, DeepSeek

Tags

transcriptionvoice inputtext generation