Offline dictation · Local Whisper

Private voice dictation
that runs on your machine.

Speak naturally and watch it become text — transcribed locally with Whisper, on hardware you own. Ramble, backtrack, change your mind; Central-Intel cleans it into a finished draft. No recording is saved — only the transcript. Your voice never leaves your device.

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100% on-device speech-to-textNo audio ever savedWorks with no internet

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Dictation, end to end

From one tap to a clean transcript — here's every step, right inside the app.

Central-Intel
Starting voice dictation in the Central-Intel desktop app with one tap.
Step 1 · Start

One tap to start dictating

Hit the dictation button and start talking. Local Whisper begins transcribing on-device immediately — nothing is uploaded.

Central-Intel
A small floating popup showing that dictation is recording, with a live waveform.
Step 2 · Speak

A small popup shows it's listening

An unobtrusive recorder floats on screen with a live indicator, so you always know exactly when it's capturing — and when it isn't.

Central-Intel
The dictation recorder minimized into the corner while you keep working in other apps.
Stays out of your way

Minimize and keep working

Tuck the recorder into the corner and dictate into any app. It stays put until you're done — no window juggling.

Central-Intel
The Notes and Transcriptions area where every transcript is saved, with one-tap Summary and To-do buttons.
Where it lives

Everything lands in Notes & Transcriptions

Each transcript is saved under Notes & Transcriptions. One tap on Summary condenses it; one tap on To-do pulls out the action items.

Central-Intel · Settings
Dictation settings — choose the local Whisper model, language, rambler correction, and hotkey.

Tune it your way in Settings — pick the local Whisper model, set your language and hotkey, and switch rambler correction on or off.

Why dictate here

Offline dictation, powered by local Whisper

Cloud dictation sends your voice to someone else's servers. Central-Intel keeps the whole thing on the machine in front of you.

Local speech-to-text

Whisper runs on your own CPU or GPU. Dictation works on a plane, in a basement, anywhere — because there's no server to call. No internet required.

Rambler correction

Speak the way you actually think — false starts, "wait, scratch that," tangents and all. Switch on rambler correction and Central-Intel rewrites the mess into clean, finished text. You dictate; it drafts.

Summary & to-do, one tap

Every transcript gets a Summary button and a To-do button. Turn a five-minute ramble into a tight summary or a clean action list without retyping a thing.

Built to be safe

No audio is retained — it's transcribed and discarded. A clear on-screen indicator shows when it's listening, processing stays on-device, and you control the hotkey and what gets saved.

The part that matters

No recording is saved — only the transcript

Your audio is transcribed on the fly and then discarded. There's no voice file sitting on a server — or even on your disk — waiting to be mined, leaked, or subpoenaed. What remains is the text you dictated, stored locally on your device under Notes & Transcriptions, yours to keep or delete.

How it works

From rambling speech to clean text in three steps

No terminal, no cloud account, no per-minute billing.

1 · Speak

Hit your dictation shortcut and talk normally. Local Whisper transcribes your voice on-device in real time — no upload, no waiting on a server.

2 · Clean

Turn on rambler correction and Central-Intel rewrites the raw transcript into a coherent draft — punctuation, structure, and your tangents pruned away.

3 · Use

The transcript lands in Notes & Transcriptions. Tap Summary or To-do, drop it into email or code, or let your personal AI act on it — all on a machine you control.

Dictation FAQ

Common questions

Is the dictation fully offline and private?

Yes. Speech-to-text runs locally with Whisper on your own machine. Your audio is never uploaded to a transcription service, so your voice never leaves your device.

Is my recording saved?

No audio recording is kept. The audio is transcribed on the fly and discarded — only the text transcript is saved, stored locally under Notes & Transcriptions.

What is rambler correction?

It lets you speak the way you actually think — false starts, tangents, "scratch that" — and Central-Intel rewrites it into clean, finished text. You dictate the mess; it hands back the draft.

Where do my transcripts live?

In the Notes & Transcriptions area. From there, tap Summary for a one-tap summary, or To-do to pull action items straight out of what you said.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Local Whisper dictation works with no internet. Optional AI cleanup can run on a local model too, so the whole flow works with no data center and no cloud.

Which platforms are supported?

The Central-Intel desktop app runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Dictation that's actually private

Run AI — and your voice — on the hardware you already own.

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Speech-to-text powered by OpenAI Whisper (MIT License), running locally on your device.