AI BriefingWindows Voice Assistant
Key point
A fully local voice assistant for Windows powered by Whisper and Ollama has been released.
Details
WritHer is a 100% offline voice productivity tool that runs on Windows.
At its core, it uses Faster-Whisper to convert speech to text and Ollama to process natural language commands. It runs entirely locally without any cloud API, emphasizing privacy.
Key features are as follows.
- Global Dictation: Hold
AltGrto dictate directly into any active window - AI Assistant: Press
Ctrl+Rto request tasks like notes, to-dos, and reminders in natural language - Smart Parsing: Handles relative time expressions like "in 2 hours" and phrases like "next Tuesday at 4" via function calling
- Animated UI: A floating widget called
Pandoravisually displays status
The tech stack is clearly defined.
- Python 3.11+
- faster-whisper: CPU/CUDA STT
- Ollama: Supports local LLMs such as Llama 3.1, Mistral, etc.
- SQLite: Local storage
- CustomTkinter: Dark theme UI
The key point is that this is a practical project aiming to combine dictation and a local AI assistant on Windows without any cloud dependency.
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