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6/25/2026
How to Run Voice-to-Text Locally on Your Desktop (Whisper, Offline Dictation)

How to Run Voice-to-Text Locally on Your Desktop (Whisper, Offline Dictation)

Short summary

Run Whisper locally for offline voice transcription without uploading audio to the cloud or exposing personal data to telemetry. Off Grid AI Desktop brings this capability to consumer hardware (8 GB RAM minimum), offering model sizes from 75 MB to 1.5 GB that trade off speed for accuracy. It's free and open-source under AGPL-3.0, with GPU acceleration on macOS (Metal) and Windows (CUDA/Vulkan).

  • •Offline Whisper transcription keeps audio on your machine—no cloud uploads or telemetry
  • •Hardware requirements: 8 GB RAM minimum, models range 75 MB–1.5 GB with speed/accuracy trade-offs
  • •Free AGPL-3.0 open source with GPU acceleration (Metal on macOS, CUDA/Vulkan on Windows)

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