Easy Dictate

Русская версия

Desktop voice-to-text application with AI transcription. Press hotkey, speak, text appears in any app.

Features

• Push-to-talk dictation — hold hotkey and speak
• 3 transcription providers — OpenAI Whisper, Groq (free), ElevenLabs (realtime streaming)
• Auto-translation — automatic translation to target language after transcription
• Custom instructions — post-process text via LLM (summarize, format, etc.)
• Custom vocabulary — auto-correct technical terms (Groq, Tauri, WebSocket, etc.)
• Transcription history — browse, copy, and manage past transcriptions
• Typing simulation — text is typed into active window as if from keyboard
• Background operation — system tray, auto-start, global hotkeys
• Auto-updates — automatic updates from GitHub releases

Installation

Pre-built binaries

Download the latest version for your OS:

• Windows: .msi or .exe installer
• macOS: .dmg (Intel and Apple Silicon)
• Linux: .deb or .AppImage

Download Latest Release

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/RuKapSan/easy-dictate.git
cd easy-dictate/src-tauri
cargo tauri build

Requirements: Rust 1.77+, Node.js 18+

Quick Start

1. Install the application
2. Select a provider (Groq is free)
3. Enter your API key
4. Press the hotkey (default: Ctrl+Shift+Space)
5. Speak — text will appear in the active window

Hotkeys

Hotkey	Action
Main	Record and transcribe
With translation	Record + force translation
Toggle translation	Toggle auto-translate on/off

All hotkeys are configurable in Settings.

Providers

Provider	Speed	Price	Features
Groq	Fast	Free	Whisper Large v3
OpenAI	Medium	Paid	GPT-4o Transcribe
ElevenLabs	Realtime	Paid	Text streaming during speech

Tech Stack

• Tauri v2 + Rust (backend)
• HTML/CSS/JS (frontend, no frameworks)
• cpal (audio capture)

License

MIT

Links

• Releases
• Issues