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SuperVoiceMode dictation experiment became an AI voice interface

SuperVoiceMode dictation experiment became an AI voice interface

by mikezx·Apr 28, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSlickSolve My Problem

Local transcription with AI correction beats cloud latency, but voice assistants are crowded.

Strengths
  • •Fully on-device processing means zero audio leaves your Mac, addressing major privacy concerns.
  • •Global hotkey works across any app including Xcode and Terminal without context switching.
  • •AI correction transforms spoken code snippets into syntactically correct imports and functions.
Weaknesses
  • •Apple Silicon requirement excludes Intel Mac users and limits the potential user base significantly.
  • •Voice orchestration for agents competes with built-in macOS Shortcuts and existing CLI tools.
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Developers and power users who want hands-free coding and system control

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Post Description

I wanted to see if I could one-shot build a dictation tool for my own use. I built it. Surprisingly easy, except for all the nuanced edge cases I ended up having to throw in since then.

Then it kept growing. Wouldn't it be cool if i could talk to a coding agent directly, like the Star Trek computer? Oh, maybe like Iron Man (says everyone..).

Why am i spinning up another terminal to run research on this? Hey Iris, can you run the research and throw it in the Vault? Let me know when you're done. Send a Slack message, check my emails, red team that PR request.

Super Voice Mode is now the thing I use for work — coding, research, thinking out loud, orchestrating agents. It sits above every tool on your Mac and gives you one consistent voice layer across all of them. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, local models, whatever's running. Transcription is local, no audio saved no internet needed.

The whole thing was built spec-driven with AI coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, the lot. Engineering background, but the agents did the building. Which feels appropriate given what the product is.

The whole thing was built spec-driven (a little vibing) with AI coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, the lot. Engineering background, but the agents did the building. Website design everything Experiment continues.

This is early. There's more coming.

Free tier, no email required. Download and it works.

Happy to get into how the local transcription works, the model integrations, or the agent-driven build process.

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