Harker turns your voice into text without sending a byte of your voice to the cloud. The core is free and runs 100% on your Mac. Upgrade to Premium when you want AI to rewrite, summarize, or translate what you just said.
I'm Manuele, the maker of Harker. I shipped v1 last June because I was tired of speech-to-text apps that streamed my voice to someone else's server. Harker transcribes 100% locally on your Mac. Nothing leaves your machine unless you explicitly ask for it. Your voice never does.
With v2, I'm doing something that scared me for months: I'm making the entire local transcription engine free. Forever. No trial, no nag, no feature gates on the private core.
Here's the logic. Local transcription is the thing people need to trust. Trust is built by giving it away. What I charge for is Premium ($5.75/month): cloud-based AI that takes your transcript and rewrites it, summarizes it, translates it, turns it into an email, a bug report, a Linear issue. That part genuinely costs money to run, and it's opt-in every single time. Your default stays private. Your voice, your biometric data, never leaves your machine.
A few things I'd love feedback on:
1. Which text transformations would you want in Premium next? I have a shortlist but I'd rather hear yours. 2. If you're a v1 user: the migration path. Tell me where it hurts.
Launch-day offer for the PH community: 40% off Premium annual with code PHLAUNCH40, valid 72 hour.
I'll be here answering every comment today. Ask me anything 🎙️
About Harker 2.0 on Product Hunt
“Private speech-to-text on your Mac”
Harker 2.0 launched on Product Hunt on April 21st, 2026 and earned 89 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #14 on the daily leaderboard. Harker turns your voice into text without sending a byte of your voice to the cloud. The core is free and runs 100% on your Mac. Upgrade to Premium when you want AI to rewrite, summarize, or translate what you just said.
On the analytics side, Harker 2.0 competes within Mac, Productivity and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Harker 2.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Harker 2.0?
Harker 2.0 was hunted by Manuele. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Manuele
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Manuele, the maker of Harker. I shipped v1 last June because I was tired of speech-to-text apps that streamed my voice to someone else's server.
Harker transcribes 100% locally on your Mac. Nothing leaves your machine unless you explicitly ask for it. Your voice never does.
With v2, I'm doing something that scared me for months: I'm making the entire local transcription engine free. Forever. No trial, no nag, no feature gates on the private core.
Here's the logic. Local transcription is the thing people need to trust. Trust is built by giving it away. What I charge for is Premium ($5.75/month): cloud-based AI that takes your transcript and rewrites it, summarizes it, translates it, turns it into an email, a bug report, a Linear issue. That part genuinely costs money to run, and it's opt-in every single time. Your default stays private. Your voice, your biometric data, never leaves your machine.
A few things I'd love feedback on:
1. Which text transformations would you want in Premium next? I have a shortlist but I'd rather hear yours.
2. If you're a v1 user: the migration path. Tell me where it hurts.
Launch-day offer for the PH community: 40% off Premium annual with code PHLAUNCH40, valid 72 hour.
I'll be here answering every comment today. Ask me anything 🎙️