Don't Pay for Wispr Flow: Build a Free Alternative (Windows & Mac)

Описание: Why build this instead of using Wispr Flow? Popular tools like Wispr Flow are great, but their free plans often limit you to 2,000 words a week. The tool we build in this video is:

100% Free Forever: No monthly subscriptions.

Unlimited Dictation: Talk as much as you want.

Private & Local: Your voice data stays on your machine, not their cloud.

Fully Customizable: Since you own the code, you can tweak it to do exactly what you need.


Below is the build prompt (compact for YouTube reasons, but verified)

Build a Windows voice-to-text app: HOTKEYS: Both Ctrl keys = start recording, Any key (including Ctrl) = stop and transcribe, Escape = cancel STACK: Python 3.10+, faster-whisper (large-v3-turbo), PyQt6, pynput, sounddevice, pyperclip FILES: whisper/ main.py, launch.vbs, requirements.txt src/__init__.py, recorder.py, transcriber.py, ui.py CRITICAL BUGS TO AVOID: Load Whisper model BEFORE importing PyQt6 (CUDA+Qt conflict causes segfault) Use pyqtSignal for thread communication, NOT QTimer.singleShot (hangs on "Processing") Store QMenu/QAction as self.tray_menu, self.quit_action (prevents garbage collection) UI: Floating 300x85 window at top-center of active monitor Red background = "Recording..." + app name Blue background = "Processing..." + app name Frameless, always-on-top TRAY: Gray circle icon, right-click menu with "Start with Windows" toggle and "Quit" AUDIO: winsound.Beep - 800Hz start, 600Hz stop, 400Hz cancel RECORDING: 16kHz mono float32, min 0.5s before stop allowed TRANSCRIBER: large-v3-turbo, CUDA/float16 or CPU/int8, English, beam_size=5, vad_filter=False PASTE: Save clipboard, copy text, Ctrl+V via keybd_event, restore clipboard LAUNCHER (launch.vbs - no console): Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.CurrentDirectory = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) WshShell.Run "pythonw main.py", 0, False


Timestamps:
0:00 The Result: Demoing the Voice-to-Text Tool
0:35 The Secret Sauce: The "Build Prompt"
1:20 The Reset: Deleting the App to Rebuild from Scratch
2:45 Coding with Claude: Initializing the Build
5:20 Solving Problems: Batch Files vs. Silent Launch
9:30 The Final Test: Running the Rebuilt App
10:40 Limitations & How to Get the Prompt