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OpenWhispr is the strongest free local dictation-plus-meetings option available at time of writing - it matches Typilot on cross-platform local Whisper, meeting auto-detection, and on-device diarization, and costs nothing from source. Typilot wins when you want AI inline in every text field (27 commands, polish, autocomplete, chat-with-transcript), when you want a commercially supported product with guided setup, or when a $199 one-time lifetime license suits you better than $80/yr binary fees.
For voice dictation and meeting transcription, yes - both run Whisper locally on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Typilot adds 27 inline AI commands, text polish, AI autocomplete, and chat-with-transcript that OpenWhispr does not have. OpenWhispr wins on price (free from source or $8/mo) and open-source transparency.
Not by default - the local tier uses on-device Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet, and audio never leaves your machine. An optional BYOK cloud tier lets you route to cloud providers for speed on lower-end hardware, but it is opt-in. Typilot has no cloud option at any tier - everything stays local.
The Lazy Edition is a pre-built binary subscription at $8/mo or $80/yr, giving you a ready-to-run app with automatic updates and priority support rather than building from source. All local features - Whisper, Parakeet, meeting transcription, and diarization - are available in the free source build.
Both platforms transcribe meetings locally with on-device speaker diarization. OpenWhispr auto-detects Zoom, Teams, and FaceTime with voice fingerprinting, at no cost. Typilot learns speaker voices across sessions and adds chat-with-transcript through a local LLM - so you can ask "what did we commit to?" without re-reading the full text.