whis

Speak. Paste. Ship.

Your voice, piped to clipboard.

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What is whis?

A minimal CLI that pipes your voice straight to the clipboard.

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    One command Run whis. Speak. Done.
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    Whisper-powered OpenAI's Whisper API does the heavy lifting
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    Straight to clipboard Ready to paste wherever you need it
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    Hotkey mode Ctrl+Shift+R toggles recording from anywhere
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    X11 & Wayland Works where you work
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    Single binary No runtime dependencies. No bloat.
whis demo: run whis command, speak, press Enter, text is copied to clipboard
Record → Transcribe → Paste

Quick Start

# 1. Set your API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

# 2. Record and transcribe
whis

# 3. Press Enter to stop — text is copied!

FAQ

  • An OpenAI API key, FFmpeg, and a mic. That's the stack.

  • Run whis listen to start the background service. Hit Ctrl+Shift+R to toggle recording from anywhere. Customize with --hotkey.

  • Goes straight to OpenAI's API. whis doesn't store anything.

  • Linux only for now. X11 and Wayland both work.

  • Sometimes you just want to talk to your AI coding assistant without breaking flow.