Harkerv2.0Version updatev2.0Apr 21, 2026Harker turns your voice into text without sending a byte to the cloud.
Hold a shortcut, speak, text appears where your cursor is.
The transcription engine runs 100% locally on your Mac. No internet required, your voice leaves your machine.
The core is free. Forever. No trial, no feature gates.
Premium ($5.75/month) adds an optional cloud AI layer: fix, rewrite, summarize, translate, or transform what you just said into an email, a bug report, a Slack message, a Linear issue. Opt-in every time. Your default stays private.
Overview
Stop typing long AI prompts and start speaking them. Harker is the fastest way to turn thoughts into text. Perfect for ChatGPT conversations, Claude chats, Cursor prompts, and any AI interaction where typing slows you down.Why Harker beats other speech-to-text tools:
Completely offline - your voice never leaves your Mac (unlike cloud-based tools)
Works everywhere - any text field, any app, instant activation with one keyboard shortcut
AI-optimized - speak complex prompts instead of typing them out
Invisible until needed - minimal interface that stays hidden in the background
Lightning fast - no lag, no internet required, always ready
Perfect for:
Speaking long prompts to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools
Rapid email composition and responses
Note-taking and documentation
Any situation where your thoughts move faster than your fingers
Key features: Supports 90+ languages, minimal resource usage, private by design, seamless auto-paste functionality. Currently available for Mac with Windows support coming soon.
Supported features
Key Features
- Privacy Focused
- Multilingual Support (50+ Languages)
- Desktop App
- Offline Speech-to-text
- Speech-to-text
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Instant Activation
- Macos Native
- Minimal Ui
Releases
Hold a shortcut, speak, text appears where your cursor is.
The transcription engine runs 100% locally on your Mac. No internet required, your voice leaves your machine.
The core is free. Forever. No trial, no feature gates.
Premium ($5.75/month) adds an optional cloud AI layer: fix, rewrite, summarize, translate, or transform what you just said into an email, a bug report, a Slack message, a Linear issue. Opt-in every time. Your default stays private.
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Mery🙏 82 karmaMay 16, 2025@AssemblyAIOne of the most accurate API's I've used for speech to text and summarization. Cost effective w/ bulk contracts too. -
Unlimited transcripts, summaries, 99.8% accuracy, speaker recognition, superfastI already have another transcription tool, but this one is much better. I love the different features such as the summary, quiz, and chapters. It does a great job of them. I've only done one transcript so far to try it out, but I'm truly impressed and am going to grab another code. A couple things that would make it even better are: - the ability to rename the files and organize them through folders. - the ability to download a copy of the other features as well as the transcript. Copying and pasting it works, but doesn't keep the format. -
🎯 3 free transcripts every day. 🔥 Unlimited transcription starting at $10/mo.No other tool quite like this, it's pretty straightforward. Needed to extract a long interview from YouTube and it extracted everything, providing it in different meaningful formats in less than two minutes. Awesome
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⚡ Write by thinking aloud - emails, notes, articles, in your style.This is my favourite, so handy and works brilliant -
Private dictation, cloud optionalthe founder is cool, definitely a recommendation if you have personal requests and grow the app along with you.


