I HATE TYPING, So I built an app that I can talk to...and it's free to use!

TL;DR: open-source desktop dictation app that sits next to every AI chat window you have open. Local Whisper for speech-to-text. Wake-word listening so you don't even click. Optional AI parse via Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic. MIT, free, no telemetry.

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/Agenius-AI-Labs/agenius-note

🔗 PyPI: pip install agenius-note

🔗 Walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/OAcrm0wZd6Y

The problem it solves

I usually have three Claude windows, a VS Code Claude session, ChatGPT, and a local Ollama open at the same time. Every prompt I type is a context-switch tax. The Whisper-based dictation built into macOS / Windows works but lives in the OS chrome, not next to my chats. Claude Desktop has voice but it's tied to Claude. I wanted one mic for everything.

What it does

🎙 Push-to-talk dictation, or hands-free wake word (default "hey jarvis", train your own .onnx in the openWakeWord Colab notebook)

🧠 Pipes the transcript to your LLM of choice for a structured note/task parse. Or skip the LLM and just take raw transcripts

✅ Quick todos pane on the right ("hey jarvis, remind me to walk the dogs in an hour" routes straight in)

📋 Quick Note brain-dump panel. Talk a thought through, hit Copy, paste into your next prompt. Nothing stored

🔐 API keys live in OS keyring (Keychain / Credential Manager / Secret Service). No plaintext on disk

Stack

PySide6, faster-whisper (CUDA float16 with CPU fallback), openWakeWord, SQLite, Ollama / OpenAI / Anthropic. ~5K LOC. MIT license.

It runs everywhere

Windows, macOS, Linux. Pre-built bundles on the GitHub Releases page (SmartScreen and Gatekeeper will yell on first launch, we're not code-signed yet). Or pip install agenius-note if you have Python 3.10+.

What I'd love feedback on

- What wake word would you train (mine is going to be "hey biggie" once I get around to it)

- Which LLM backend feels best for your workflow

- What's missing (next on my list: a chat panel inside Quick Note so I can ask the AI things without leaving the app)

If you build something with it or hit a snag, drop a comment or an issue on the repo. Happy to help wire it up.

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