No internet required. No uploads. No cloud. Your voice stays on your PC. Dictate anywhere, anytime.
Your voice contains personal information—accents, habits, private thoughts. Offline processing means no one can intercept, store, or analyze your recordings.
No internet dependency. Works during WiFi outages, on airplanes, in areas with poor connectivity. Reliability you can trust.
No network latency. No API call overhead. Your speech is transcribed on your PC instantly. True real-time performance.
Technical simplicity meets practical power. The AI model runs locally on your CPU for instant, private transcription.
~200MB of optimized AI (Parakeet V3). Downloaded once during setup.
Ctrl+Space by default. The AI model activates locally on your PC.
Your voice is processed entirely on your machine. Text appears instantly at your cursor.
Size: ~200MB installed (app + AI model). No dependencies, no updates needed to work offline.
| Aspect | Online (Wispr, Otter, Google Docs) | Offline (Whisper Cheap) |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | Voice uploaded to servers | Voice stays local ✓ |
| Speed | Network latency (100-500ms) | Instant (under 100ms) ✓ |
| Reliability | Needs internet connection | Always works ✓ |
| Cost | Usually subscription ($10-20/month) | Free forever ✓ |
| Data control | Servers own your data | You own everything ✓ |
| Offline capability | No | Yes ✓ |
| Setup required | Account + login | Download + run ✓ |
| Accuracy | Very good (cloud AI) | Excellent (local AI) ✓ |
Traveling without WiFi or on airplanes
Sensitive content (legal, medical, personal)
Areas with poor or unreliable internet
Privacy-conscious users who don't trust cloud services
Professionals handling confidential information
Offline work environments (hospitals, courts, secure facilities)
Uses Parakeet V3 (NVIDIA optimized). Encoder-Decoder ONNX models run on your CPU. No external API calls.
Optimized for English and Spanish. Supports 100+ languages with good accuracy. Models automatically unload when not in use.
50-200ms per transcription (depending on CPU). Real-time performance without cloud delays.
~200MB total (application + AI model). Single download. No updates required to use offline.
No. Whisper Cheap uses the same state-of-the-art AI model whether online or offline. Accuracy is identical. The difference: no network latency, so transcription feels faster.
~200MB total installed. The AI model is ~150MB. Application is ~50MB. Once downloaded, no further storage needed.
Yes. Completely. Airplane mode, no WiFi, no cellular—doesn't matter. Everything runs on your PC. Your microphone still works.
No need. Whisper Cheap only uses local processing. Internet availability doesn't affect it. It's always offline by design.
Yes. It's open source (MIT license) on GitHub. Audit the code. No external API calls, no data uploads, no telemetry. Everything is verifiable.
Download Whisper Cheap now. Fully offline, fully private, fully free.
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