On-device transcription, plus an agent that actually does things. Transcribe: Parakeet EOU (English), Parakeet TDT (25 European languages), CTC (Chinese), Nemotron (~40), Qwen3-ASR Ask: a local LFM2.5 agent that plans and calls tools, Apple Notes, clipboard, files, MCP support. Fully customizable: remap the dial, hotkeys, three HUD styles, tool approvals, swap any model or any prompt. Gemma 4, Qwen3.6 and Ornith 1.0 are coming next. No cloud, no accounts. Free, MIT. Apple Silicon, macOS 26.
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