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Description

Handy is an open-source, free, cross-platform application for speech-to-text that operates entirely offline, allowing you to dictate directly into any text field. By pressing and holding a customizable keyboard shortcut, you can speak, and upon releasing it, Handy captures your voice, transcribes it on your device, and automatically inserts the text into the application you are currently using. The default setting utilizes a push-to-talk feature, but users also have the option to toggle between starting and stopping recording with different key presses. This software is compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux, ensuring that all voice data remains stored locally instead of being sent to external cloud services. Users can select from various Whisper models or Parakeet V3, with Whisper offering extensive multilingual capabilities for over 99 languages, while Parakeet V3 is fine-tuned for efficient CPU usage and automatic language identification. Additionally, Handy incorporates voice activity detection to filter out silence, and it can utilize GPU acceleration for Whisper on supported devices, enhancing the overall performance of the application. The combination of these features makes Handy a versatile tool for anyone needing reliable speech-to-text functionality without compromising privacy.

Description

NVIDIA's Parakeet-RNNT-1.1B is an advanced multilingual automatic speech recognition system designed to deliver high-quality transcriptions for various voice applications. Comprising 1.1 billion parameters and having been trained on over 90,000 hours of audio data, it accommodates 25 different languages along with their regional dialects, such as English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Hebrew. This innovative model possesses the capability to automatically identify the spoken language and employs a universal tokenizer that integrates language-specific tokenizers into a unified vocabulary for enhanced cross-lingual learning and deployment. Furthermore, Parakeet-RNNT generates transcripts that are case-sensitive, featuring both uppercase and lowercase letters, punctuation, spaces, and apostrophes, thus ensuring that the output meets the rigorous standards required for production-level voice applications and effective downstream language comprehension. Its versatility and robust performance make it a valuable tool in the realm of speech recognition technology.

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Integrations

FluidVoice No 
OpenAI Whisper Yes 
ParakeetAI Yes 

Integrations

FluidVoice Yes 
OpenAI Whisper No 
ParakeetAI No 

Pricing Details

Free
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Free Version Yes 

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Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Handy.computer

Country

United States

Website

handy.computer/

Vendor Details

Company Name

NVIDIA

Founded

1993

Country

United States

Website

build.nvidia.com/nvidia/parakeet-1_1b-rnnt-multilingual-asr/modelcard

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