LiveWhisper

by Nikorasu

Always-listening hot-mic Whisper transcriber.

TL;DR

Always-listening hot-mic Whisper transcriber.

Best for hands-free dictation or single-user voice control on a laptop. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows

What it is

A 200-line Python script that listens via VAD and triggers Whisper on each utterance. GPL-3.0.

Best for: Hands-free dictation or single-user voice control on a laptop.
Watch out for: Hobby project; no commercial support; English-tuned.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/Nikorasu/LiveWhisper

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

LiveWhisper vs Whipscribe

FeatureLiveWhisperWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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