Open source & free forever

Voice to text.
Locally.

Fast, private dictation for macOS and Windows. No cloud, no accounts, no compromises.

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Why dybur?

Built for people who value their privacy and want their tools to just work.

100% Local

Speech recognition runs entirely on your device using NVIDIA Parakeet. No internet required.

Universal

Works with any text field in any application. Just press the hotkey and speak.

Private

No cloud services, no accounts, no telemetry. Your voice data never leaves your device.

Fast

Sub-second transcription latency. Text appears as you finish speaking.

Multilingual

Supports 25 European languages with automatic language detection.

Smart

Automatic punctuation and capitalization. Natural-sounding text output.

How it works

Get started in seconds. No setup, no configuration, no learning curve.

1

Launch dybur

Start the app. It runs quietly in your system tray.

2

Focus any text field

Click into any text input in any application.

3

Press Ctrl+Shift+Space

The recording pill appears. You're ready to dictate.

4

Speak naturally

Talk at your normal pace. Pauses are handled automatically.

5

Text appears instantly

Your words are transcribed and inserted in real-time.

Default hotkey

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Requirements

Lightweight and compatible with most modern systems.

Operating System

  • macOS 10.15+ (Catalina or later)
  • Windows 10 / 11

Hardware

  • Microphone (built-in or external)
  • ~700 MB disk space for speech model

Get dybur

Free, open source, forever.

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