Qwen Scribe
local transcription and dictation for Apple Silicon
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HN · launched Jul 29, 2026 · 97 upvotes (top 9%) · 0 views
Niche: voice dictation software · 224 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a local desktop wrapper or menu bar app for Apple Silicon running existing open-weight speech models (like Qwen audio models) via Apple MLX or whisper.cpp.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Better Voice, voice.baselinemakes.com, transcribe.cpp from Handy, Whisper/Parakeet models, Wispr Flow
Concerns raised: Not fully native macOS, UI is local web page, Requires macOS 14+ for Qwen3-ASR via MLX, Apple Silicon only, Qwen3-ASR less well supported than Parakeet/Whisper in applications, HIPAA compliance for patient data handling
Feature requests: MacPorts ffmpeg support in Finder launcher, Consider mlx-swift instead of Python implementation, Real-time transcription performance optimization
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 3056 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #308 of 3057 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 272 days after the earliest competitor.
- Kekoso · hn · 2026-09-02 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.83
- ai-phone · github · 2026-10-27 · 347 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- splash · github · 2026-09-18 · 610 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- BetterWispr · hn · 2026-10-11 · 219 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- my-little-trie-forge · github · 2026-10-02 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- FluidUse · github · 2026-09-21 · 160 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Umless, open-source on-device dictation that writes what you meant · hn · 2026-11-10 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Speechmark · hn · 2026-06-19 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.59
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