# /// script # requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.13" # dependencies = ["mlx-whisper", "sounddevice", "pynput", "numpy"] # /// """wersper — hold Right Option, speak, release. Text appears at your cursor. Run: uv run wersper.py Esc while recording cancels the take. """ import subprocess import sys import threading import time import numpy as np import sounddevice as sd import mlx_whisper from pynput import keyboard MODEL = "mlx-community/whisper-large-v3-turbo" LANGUAGE = "en" # None = autodetect (slower, occasionally wrong) HOTKEY = keyboard.Key.alt_r SAMPLE_RATE = 16000 # ponytail: crude silence gate; raise if background noise gets transcribed, # lower if it eats quiet speech MIN_RMS = 0.001 frames = [] stream = None kb = keyboard.Controller() def sound(name): subprocess.Popen(["afplay", f"/System/Library/Sounds/{name}.aiff"]) def transcribe(audio): result = mlx_whisper.transcribe(audio, path_or_hf_repo=MODEL, language=LANGUAGE) return result["text"].strip() def paste(text): old = subprocess.run("pbpaste", capture_output=True).stdout subprocess.run("pbcopy", input=text.encode(), check=True) with kb.pressed(keyboard.Key.cmd): kb.press("v") kb.release("v") time.sleep(0.4) # let the paste land before giving the clipboard back subprocess.run("pbcopy", input=old) # ponytail: restores text only, not images def start_recording(): global stream if stream: return frames.clear() stream = sd.InputStream( samplerate=SAMPLE_RATE, channels=1, dtype="float32", callback=lambda data, *_: frames.append(data.copy()), ) stream.start() sound("Pop") print("● recording... (Esc to cancel)", flush=True) def stop_recording(cancel=False): global stream if not stream: return stream.stop() stream.close() stream = None if cancel: print("✕ cancelled", flush=True) return if not frames: return audio = np.concatenate(frames).flatten() if len(audio) < SAMPLE_RATE // 3: # ignore accidental taps return if np.sqrt((audio ** 2).mean()) < MIN_RMS: print("(silence, skipped)", flush=True) return # ponytail: transcribe in a thread so the hotkey stays responsive threading.Thread(target=lambda: finish(audio), daemon=True).start() def finish(audio): t0 = time.time() text = transcribe(audio) if text: print(f"→ {text} ({time.time() - t0:.1f}s)", flush=True) paste(text) sound("Tink") def on_press(key): if key == HOTKEY: start_recording() elif key == keyboard.Key.esc and stream: stop_recording(cancel=True) def on_release(key): if key == HOTKEY: stop_recording() def check(): """Self-check: model loads, pipeline works, silence gate works.""" assert isinstance(transcribe(np.zeros(SAMPLE_RATE, dtype=np.float32)), str) assert np.sqrt((np.zeros(SAMPLE_RATE) ** 2).mean()) < MIN_RMS print("ok: model loaded, pipeline works") if __name__ == "__main__": if "--check" in sys.argv: check() sys.exit(0) print("loading model (first run downloads ~1.6GB)...", flush=True) transcribe(np.zeros(SAMPLE_RATE, dtype=np.float32)) # warm up print("ready — hold Right ⌥ to dictate, Esc cancels, Ctrl+C quits", flush=True) with keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_press, on_release=on_release) as listener: listener.join()