See it in action

Meet WritHer.

What you get

Everything runs
on your machine.

No subscriptions. No internet after setup. Your voice data never leaves your computer.

⚡

Universal Dictation

Hold a key, speak, release. Text is pasted into whichever window has focus — editors, browsers, chat apps, anything.

🧠

Voice AI Assistant

Natural language commands parsed by a local LLM via Ollama. Save notes, schedule appointments, set reminders — all by voice.

🔒

100% Offline

Speech recognition via faster-whisper, intent parsing via Ollama, data stored in local SQLite. Zero cloud dependency.

🔢

Dictate Symbols & Code

Opt-in Symbol mode: say "forward slash", "semicolon" or number words to get the actual characters, and spell identifiers letter-by-letter — "W H forward slash F A T" becomes WH/FAT.

📚

Custom Vocabulary

Teach Writher your jargon and acronyms: map spoken forms to written forms, and prime faster-whisper with domain terms so they are recognized correctly.

🗓️

Smart Scheduling

Say "meeting next Monday at 3pm" and the LLM converts relative times to absolute datetimes automatically.

👁️

Animated Widget

A minimal pill-shaped overlay with expressive "Pandora Blackboard" eyes that react to state: listening, thinking, happy, error.

🌍

Multi-language

UI in English, Italian and German, plus a recognition-language picker (Auto / EN / IT / DE) independent of the interface. Easy to add more via the locales.py string table.

Two modes, one tray icon

Hold a key.
Speak. Done.

Hold AltGr

Dictation

Transcribes your voice and pastes the text directly into whichever app has focus. Clipboard is saved and restored automatically.

Write a quick email reply

Type in VS Code, Notion, Teams...

Any text field, any app

Hold Ctrl R

Assistant

Natural-language commands powered by a local Ollama LLM. Create structured data from speech without touching the keyboard.

Remind me to call Marco in one hour

Shopping list: bread, eggs, butter

Dentist appointment tomorrow at 3pm

Honest comparison

How WritHer stacks up.

Looking for a free, open-source Wispr Flow alternative or a private replacement for Dragon NaturallySpeaking? WritHer is the only tool that combines universal dictation, code & symbol dictation, and a local LLM assistant — entirely on your device.

Feature	Writher	Wispr Flow	Dragon	Win. Speech	Whisper Desktop
100% offline / local	✓	✗ cloud	✓	✓	✓
Free & open source	✓	✗ ~$12/mo	✗ $150–500	✓	✓
Works in any app	✓	✓	✓	⚠ limited	✓
Dictate symbols & code by voice	✓	⚠ auto-format	✓	⚠ limited	✗
Custom vocabulary	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
Voice AI assistant	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Notes & reminders by voice	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Local LLM (Ollama)	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
No account / API key	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Data never leaves device	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Multi-language	✓	✓	✓	⚠ limited	✓
Animated overlay widget	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Want the details? Read the full WritHer vs Wispr Flow comparison — including what Wispr Flow does better — or check the FAQ.

Built with

Open source,
end to end.

🎤 faster-whisper — speech recognition

🧠 Ollama — local LLM inference

🐍 Python 3.11+

🗄️ SQLite — local database

🖼️ Tkinter — widget & overlay

🔔 winotify — Windows toast notifications

⌨️ pynput — global hotkeys

📋 Win32 API — clipboard injection

Your voice.
Your data.
Your rules.

Free. Open source. MIT licensed.
No cloud. No subscriptions. No telemetry. Ever.

⬇ Download for Windows View on GitHub → Installation guide

💛 Contributors Welcome

WritHer is built by the community, for the community. Are you a Python developer, UI enthusiast, or translator? We are actively looking for collaborators to help shape the future of local AI dictation.

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Meet WritHer.

Everything runson your machine.

Hold a key.Speak. Done.

How WritHer stacks up.

Open source,end to end.

Your voice.Your data.Your rules.

Everything runs
on your machine.

Hold a key.
Speak. Done.

Open source,
end to end.

Your voice.
Your data.
Your rules.