v1.0.2 — Free & Open Source

Speak.
Don't type.

Hold a hotkey, speak, release — your words appear instantly in any application. Powered by Groq Whisper. No subscription, no cloud account.

Windows 10 / 11 · Free Groq API key required

AcouZ app walkthrough

In action

Hold. Speak. Done.

AcouZ live dictation with hotkeys

Screenshots

See it in action.

AcouZ dashboard
Dashboard — stats & shortcuts
AcouZ settings
Settings — hotkeys & language
AcouZ audio page
Audio — microphone & VU meter
AcouZ overlay
Overlay — floating recording bubble
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Transcription latency
100%
Local — no data stored
Free
Groq free tier included

Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

A focused tool that does one thing exceptionally well.

Hotkey-driven dictation

Hold Right Ctrl + Right Shift and speak. Release to transcribe. Works in any application — browser, editor, chat, email. Fully customisable hotkeys with Push-to-Talk or Toggle mode.

Groq Whisper STT

State-of-the-art speech recognition. Fast, accurate, multi-language. Supports English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.

LLM post-processing

Llama-3 fixes punctuation, removes filler words, formats bullet lists and converts spoken emoji descriptions — automatically.

Bilingual interface

Full English / French UI switchable live without restart. Dictation language is independent — transcribe in any supported language.

Context instructions

Select text, hold Right Alt + Right Shift, speak an instruction. Llama-3 rewrites or replies using your selection as context.

System tray & startup

Runs silently in the background. Minimises to tray. Optionally launches at Windows startup — one toggle in Settings.

How it works

Three keystrokes.
Your words, anywhere.

Place your cursor

Click in any text field — browser, Notepad, Slack, Word, VS Code. Anywhere that accepts keyboard input.

Hold & speak

Hold your hotkey and speak naturally. A floating overlay shows you're recording with a live VU meter.

Release & done

Release the key. Groq transcribes, Llama-3 cleans, and the text is pasted — all in under a second.

Open Source

Built in the open.
Free forever.

No subscription, no telemetry, no accounts. Your API key stays on your machine. Audit every line of code.

Ready to stop typing?

Free download. No account. No subscription. Just your voice.

Download AcouZ for Windows

Windows 10 / 11 (x64) · v1.0.2