Transcribe your voice locally
cjpais/Handy is a free and open-source speech-to-text application that runs entirely offline. Developed in Rust, this tool offers an extensible architecture allowing users to process voice data locally.
Updates
- November 3, 2026: Stars 36,933 → 37,195, latest release v0.10.0 (November 2, 2026).
- November 2, 2026: Stars 36,754 → 36,933, latest release v0.9.8 (October 3, 2026).
What you get
- Instantly transcribe your speech to text without needing an internet connection
- Protects your personal privacy by not sending voice data to cloud servers
- Types directly into the active text field by pressing a keyboard shortcut you define
Installation
sudo apt install ./Handy_*.debIf you don't write code
I want to install the Handy speech-to-text application on my computer. Guide me in running the sudo apt install ./Handy_*.deb command in the terminal to install the package I downloaded and help me complete the installation step by step.
Repository: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.
Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.
Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.
Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.
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TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-11-02: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.