A macOS menu bar app for on-device voice-to-text. Press a hotkey, speak, and the transcription is pasted wherever you're typing. Everything runs locally — no cloud, no latency.

• On-device transcription via Parakeet TDT v3 (default, multilingual) and WhisperKit
• Press-and-hold a hotkey to record, release to transcribe
• Double-tap to lock recording, tap again to stop
• Auto-paste into the active application
• Multiple model sizes (Tiny through Large)
• Apple Silicon native

Requires macOS 14+, Xcode 15+, Apple Silicon.

1. Clone the repository
2. Open Hex.xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Select the Hex scheme and your Mac as the run destination
4. Build and run (Cmd+R)

From the command line:

xcodebuild -scheme Hex -configuration Debug -skipMacroValidation

Unit tests:

cd HexCore && swift test

1. Grant microphone and accessibility permissions when prompted
2. Configure a global hotkey in Settings
3. Press-and-hold the hotkey to record, release to transcribe and paste
4. Double-tap the hotkey to lock recording, tap once more to stop

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

This is a fork of kitlangton/Hex, originally created by Kit Langton.

Copyright (c) 2025 Kit Langton