hex
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Hex is a desktop voice dictation app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It is aimed at users who want to dictate text into any application while keeping transcription local rather than sending audio to a...
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Features
- Local voice dictation
- On-device transcription
- Pastes text into the active app
- Experimental Labs features
- Stable and dev release channels
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026
- Created
- Jul 17, 2026
- Install Methods
- dockerbinarypackage-managersource
- Requirements
- A downloaded speech model on first run
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
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