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 🎙️
Congratulations on the launch Manuele! This looks great - I hope you are also looking to build a companion mobile app shortly.
Harker has been a great app to use especially with long form typing! I find it to be very accurate and a better deal than others out there.
I've been using Harker for nearly one year now and have had a great experience so far! I love how easy it is to just talk when prompting AI, instead of writing everything down. Also very happy with how responsive Manuele has been, I've shared feedback multiple times and got back great responses!
You had me at “works in airplane mode”. I’d love to see something like this on iOS.
@mnlcpc Congratulations. And happy product launch.
Private STT in 2026 needs a clear answer to one question: does Harker run the model fully on-device, or is it local recording with cloud transcription? Those are very different privacy stories. Where do you land on this, especially for anyone handling client calls or medical notes. and also, congrats and good luck on the launch :)
ran into this building with voice input — the moment you route audio through a cloud stt service, you're adding a data processor to your privacy policy whether you want to or not.
local changes the equation: no dpa, no "what are they doing with this audio," no explaining to users why their voice ends up on someone else's server.
the only missing piece for teams is windows — the compliance problem is platform-agnostic.
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 95 upvotes and 15 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.
Harker 2.0 was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (650k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (466.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 223.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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.
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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 🎙️