Open source · Free forever
Hold Ctrl+Space to record

Voice to text,
everywhere.

A small floating pill that lives on your desktop. Hold Ctrl+Space, speak, release — your words appear instantly in Gmail, Slack, or any app you're in.

Only requires an OpenAI API key — takes 30 seconds to create, free to start.

Windows 10+ · v0.1.0 · ~80 MB

See it in action

Works with every app on your desktop. No plugins, no extensions.

📧Gmail
OpenWhisper
Hold Ctrl+Space to speak

Three seconds to start

No setup, no learning curve. It just works.

1
Ctrl + Space

Hold to record

Hold Ctrl+Space from any app. A small floating pill appears and starts listening immediately.

2

Speak

Talk naturally. OpenAI's speech models transcribe your words in real-time with incredible accuracy.

3
Release

Done

Let go of Ctrl+Space and the transcribed text is instantly pasted into whatever app you're in.

Built for speed and simplicity

No bloat, no complexity. Just voice-to-text that works.

Blazing fast

Powered by OpenAI's latest speech models. Transcription starts before you finish speaking.

Works everywhere

Slack, VS Code, Gmail, Word, Notion — if you can type in it, OpenWhisper works with it.

Always-on-top mic

A sleek floating pill that hovers above every window. Stays out of your way but always within reach.

Just your OpenAI key

Paste in your OpenAI API key and you're done. Audio goes straight to OpenAI — nothing stored, nothing logged.

Stop typing. Start talking.

Download OpenWhisper and turn your voice into text in any app, instantly.