Observed arrival · 2026-10-24
Scream: offline dictation for your desktop
Scream presents itself as a free desktop speech-to-text tool that types polished text into the app where your cursor is.
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- People dictating into desktop apps
- Worth noticing
- Its example turns “Tuesday, no, Wednesday” into “Wednesday,” removing the spoken correction rather than transcribing it.
Field notes
The workflow is built around a configurable hotkey: hold it with a text cursor active, speak, and release to insert the result. The homepage demonstrates a correction from “Tuesday, no, Wednesday” becoming “Wednesday,” and says the tool removes fillers and adds punctuation. It lists macOS, Windows, and Linux downloads and describes recognition as local, with zero network calls; those privacy and language claims are presented by the site rather than independently verified.
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