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Handy vs Speed of Sound: catalog facts
Handy	Speed of Sound
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; cloud LLM polishing uses your own provider.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Uses a keyboard shortcut and keeps transcription on your computer.	Offline transcription with Whisper, Parakeet and Canary models Types into any app on X11 and Wayland
Requires downloading a speech model and allowing input permissions.	Linux only Accuracy depends on the model you download and your hardware
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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