whis

CLI

Voice-to-text for terminal workflows

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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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    6 providers OpenAI, Groq, Deepgram, Mistral, ElevenLabs, or local whisper.cpp
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    Run locally Fully offline with whisper.cpp — private and free
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    AI post-processing Clean up filler words and grammar with LLMs
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    Presets ai-prompt, email, default — or create your own
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    Hotkey mode Ctrl+Alt+W toggles recording from anywhere
whis demo: run whis command, speak, press Enter, text is copied to clipboard
Record → Transcribe → Paste

Quick Start

# Cloud setup (guided wizard)
whis setup cloud

# Or go fully local (private, free)
whis setup local

# Then just run:
whis
# Press Enter to stop — text is copied!

# Post-process your transcript with AI:
whis --post-process