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Show HN: Ghost Pepper – Local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

Local speech-to-text without cloud dependency. Ghost Pepper shows the shift toward on-device AI for privacy-conscious builders.

Reporting by Hacker News 1 min brief
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The KeyNews take

Why it matters

Highlights emerging demand for local-first AI tools and the competitive advantage of privacy-preserving speech recognition as enterprises face data residency concerns.

The key facts

12 to know

  1. 100% local inference—no data transmitted

  2. Open-source MIT license

  3. 328 points on Hacker News with 140 comments indicating developer interest

  4. Use cases: coding, emails, voice interface for agents

  5. macOS platform focus

  6. Ghost Pepper uses 100% local speech-to-text models (no cloud dependency)

  7. MIT open-source license

  8. Currently deployed by builder for coding and email use cases

  9. Experimenting with voice interface integration for AI agents

  10. 328 upvotes on Hacker News (community validation signal)

  11. 140 comments indicating high developer interest

  12. macOS-native implementation

Go to the source

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Publisher excerpt: I built this because I wanted to see how far I could get with a voice-to-text app that used 100% local models so no data left my computer. I've been using a ton for coding and emails. Experimenting with using it as a voice interface for my other agents too. 100% open-source MIT license, would love…
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