LocalPen: A Local Audiopen Clone
A local Audiopen clone: I dictate a note, Whisper transcribes it, and a local LLM turns it into a summary. Nothing leaves for the cloud.
About the project
Audiopen is a handy service for transcribing voice notes, but it sends data to the cloud and costs money monthly. So I built my own. I dictate a thought, Whisper transcribes it, and a local LLM turns it into a structured summary.
It all runs on my own hardware, so sensitive notes never go anywhere. It's a prototype for now, but it does exactly what I'd otherwise pay for.
What you get
- Note transcription and summaries without paid SaaS.
- Sensitive thoughts stay with me.
- No monthly fees.
How it works (under the hood)
- Transcription via Whisper, summaries via a local LLM (Ollama).
- It all runs locally, no cloud.
- A Next.js interface for dictating and reading.
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