backkem/voice-keyboard

Voice Keyboard

A voice-to-text application that types transcribed speech directly into any application using push-to-talk.

Features

• Push-to-talk: Hold the Quote key to record audio
• Voice transcription: Uses Whisper for speech-to-text
• System-wide typing: Works in any application that accepts text input
• Portable: Self-contained executable with relative model paths

Usage

1. Download a Whisper model (e.g., ggml-base.en.bin)
2. Place it in the models/ directory (dev) or whisper-cpp/ directory (release)
3. Run the application:

   voicekb

4. Hold the Quote key to record, release to transcribe and type

The release build looks for ./whisper-cpp/ggml-base.en.bin relative to the binary, enabling execution form the PATH.

Building

cd rust
cargo build --release --bin voicekb

The binary will be output as voicekb (or voicekb.exe on Windows).

Future Improvements

• A Tauri-based tray icon with basic configuration options