Will this be the first open source iOS dictation app? 🤔 this is 100% on device and free 🤘

We just crossed 100k downloads of OpenWhispr! 🤯 This feels like a good time for a reminder of why we’re building it. Your ideas and conversations are becoming more valuable, while software is becoming easier to build than ever. But that creates some worrying incentives for existing software companies: use your proprietary data to train better AI models to stay competitive, and lock that data behind walled gardens to keep you from leaving. We think that’s pretty shitty. You should stay because a product is useful, not because your data is stuck there. If billions of people are going to feel comfortable sharing their most private information when talking to AI, and organizations are going to trust it with their work, we have to earn that trust. For us, that starts with being fully transparent about how your data is handled, and giving you full control over it. That’s what we’re building with OpenWhispr. You can run models on your own device, use your own cloud provider, or use our cloud service. We’re not anti-cloud. We just think it should be your choice. We’re still super early, but I’m genuinely excited to bring you along for more of this. This is the first in a series of videos sharing the new features we’re building, what we’re figuring out, and the team behind it. And if you’re still here reading, we’re officially hiring for two really important roles: - Founding Engineering Lead - Social / Brand / Growth Creator You can find more info about both on our website!

So cool to see OpenWhispr trending on GitHub this week! If you haven’t already - a star actually really goes a long way! github.com/OpenWhispr/openwh…

Stoked to share that I’ve joined @speedrun 007 as a solo founder to keep building @openwhispr It’s becoming clear that voice is the natural interface for AI. When you talk instead of type, AI gets the nuance, context, and intent it needs to turn your thoughts into action. But those conversations contain something incredibly valuable: your ideas, your knowledge, and your intellectual property. We believe individuals and organizations should have full ownership and control over that context — not closed platforms. I’m already getting so much value from being part of the program, and I’m super grateful to have the support of @JoshLu @far33d @andrewchen @_CallMeMacy @tabishgilani @justmazer @thetalentcarver @nazzari @Chen and the whole speedrun team And a special thank you to @kobyjconrad and @shaiunterslak for making the introduction to the speedrun team in the first place. Really appreciate you guys ❤️

This is one of our biggest use cases of @openwhispr - multilingual users can speak in their native language and it gets translated to English (or any other language they want)