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Handy

CJ Pais and Handy contributors · Free desktop dictation that transcribes speech locally with downloaded models and pastes text into apps through configurable shortcuts.

CaskUtilitiesAuto-updatesApple silicon · Intel
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30-day installs1,509#124 in App
1-year installs13.7KLast 365 days
Latest version0.9.8yesterday · Oct 7
Download size20MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceWeekly1 release in 30 days

  1. 0.9.8

    LatestPatchOct 7 · Wed

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Oct 3 04:25

    Fixes recording, shortcuts, history and filler handling, adds Chinese script selection, and updates the transcription engine.

    Recording
    Unloads the model after recordings with no audio.Prevents recording when no available model can transcribe it.Keeps the cancel shortcut from remaining registered after a short recording.
    Shortcuts
    Rejects unknown reset binding IDs and unparseable shortcuts.Emits parseable names for compound shortcut keys.
    Text and UI
    Shows history copy success only after clipboard write.Preserves sentence capitalization after removing a leading filler.Stops removing “Ha” as an English filler word.Adds a Chinese script selector and resets scroll on section changes.
    Engine
    Updates transcribe-cpp to 0.2.4.Moves compute-device enumeration off the startup path.

  2. 0.9.7

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Sep 18 16:15

    Preserves tail audio, adds automatic shortcut behavior and experimental VAD, and fixes platform paste and interface issues.

    Recording
    Stops losing tail audio when recording ends.Adds an experimental Earshot voice-activity detector.Makes the microphone callback real-time safe.
    Shortcuts
    Adds automatic push-to-talk behavior.Preserves toggle parity for presses during the processing pipeline.Preserves held Secure Input shortcuts during reconciliation.
    Platforms
    Fixes clipboard paste methods on GNOME Wayland.Avoids blocking on external Linux paste scripts.Launches as an accessory and fixes macOS scrollbar styling.Fixes Windows overlay scaling and disables WebView2 accelerator keys.
    Other
    Recovers when model files are deleted outside Handy.Adds Catalan and Indonesian translations.Updates transcribe-cpp to 0.2.3; disables update checks for Nix packaging.

  3. 0.9.6

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Aug 24 10:16

    Fixes Linux pasting and Wayland overlays, microphone fallback, theme propagation and optional LLM response handling.

    Linux
    Detects ydotool key syntax before pasting.Dispatches paste methods before touching Enigo.Restores the Wayland overlay on Tauri 2.11.5.Clears stale modifier state after xdotool typing.
    Interface
    Applies appearance settings to the overlay and macOS title bar.Removes the custom-words space restriction.Falls back to the default microphone after a device disconnect.
    Other
    Fixes compressed LLM API responses.Keeps Hugging Face models in the portable Data directory.Updates the engine to transcribe.cpp 0.2.0.Updates Turkish translations and serializes tray-icon writes.

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