WhisprDesk documentation

Install WhisprDesk on your Apple Silicon Mac, allow the microphone, choose a transcription engine, and dictate your first sentence into any app, step by step.

Local or cloud transcription in WhisprDesk, step by step: how to download NVIDIA Parakeet, add a cloud key, switch engines, and check which model is active.

How to add your own OpenAI, Groq, or Mistral key, or a custom endpoint, for cloud transcription in WhisprDesk, and what happens to your audio when you do.

AI cleanup tidies your dictated text before it is pasted. Learn how to turn it on, pick a cloud or local model, and what text is sent to your chosen provider.

Every WhisprDesk setting in one place: what each option does, its default value, and whether it ever contacts the internet. Covers all nine Settings sections.

How WhisprDesk handles your dictation history and recordings: Audio Retention, Data Retention, Re-transcribe, Show in Finder, and how to delete everything.

What WhisprDesk Notes can do today: folders, writing, transcribing uploaded audio, recording into a note, AI Actions, export, search, and current limits.

Let other apps on your Mac use WhisprDesk to transcribe audio and follow live dictation through a local API that only your Mac can reach, protected by a token.

The open-source components WhisprDesk is built on, including OpenAI Whisper, NVIDIA Parakeet, sherpa-onnx, and FFmpeg, and the license each one is used under.

Fix common WhisprDesk problems such as text that does not paste, the Globe key, missing models, and cloud errors, and learn to collect a debug log safely.