
Click, Speak, Type: A Windows Dictation MVP (Offline, Vosk)
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge What I Built I built Windows Voice Dictation Tool 🎙️🖱️⌨️ — a lightweight dictation app for Windows that converts speech to text and types it directly into any active application . The idea is simple: instead of being limited to one editor, you can click anywhere (Notepad, Word, browser text boxes, chats, IDEs) and dictate as if your voice were the keyboard. It runs offline using Vosk , so after the first setup there are no accounts, no API keys, and no data sent to servers . Privacy-friendly by design Key features I implemented: Universal text input : types into the focused app (Notepad, Word, web, chat, etc.) Global hotkey : CTRL + ALT + D to start/stop dictation from anywhere Real-time transcription GUI settings (Tkinter) : enable/disable, choose language/model Model manager : detects installed models and can auto-download a default model Multi-language (English + Spanish) when models are installed System tray for quick status
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