Ghost Pepper is a local speech-to-text macOS app that records audio via Control key, transcribes using Whisper models, and removes filler words with local Qwen 3.5 LLMs—entirely on-device with zero cloud transmission. Multiple Whisper variants and model sizes are supported, with automatic caching from Hugging Face.
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Ghost Pepper demonstrates production-viable on-device speech-to-text by combining Whisper transcription with Qwen LLM post-processing, achieving full privacy with zero cloud dependency.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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