A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.
Hey Product Hunt community! 👋
I'm thrilled to share Harker with you today. As someone who spends way too much time typing, I got frustrated with how slow my fingers were compared to my thoughts. And with all the AI conversations we're having these days, we're typing more than ever!
That's when I realized most speech-to-text tools send your data to the cloud, or interrupt your workflow.
Harker is different. Your voice never leaves your Mac, it launches instantly with a keyboard shortcut, and works in any text field. The interface stays hidden until you need it, then appears with a clean, minimal UI. Whether you're writing emails, chatting with AI, or taking notes, just hit the shortcut, speak, and your words appear exactly where you need them.
I initially developed Harker for myself, I've been using it for months now and honestly can't imagine going back to typing everything.
Would love to hear what you think and answer any questions! What would you use voice-to-text for in your daily workflow?
Thanks for checking it out!
The problem I notice with local AI / ML applications is they are processing pretty slow. Would be nice to see some benchmarks (not sure how to visualize that when benchmarking audio tho lol).
Nice launch tho, super nice product, was just recently looking for alternatives on subscription-based apps like Wispr Flow.
As someone who constantly jumps between emails, docs, and chat apps, Harker is a game-changer. I love that it works anywhere on macOS and doesn’t get in the way.
About Harker on Product Hunt
“Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech”
Harker launched on Product Hunt on June 6th, 2025 and earned 140 upvotes and 29 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. A minimal speech-to-text widget that works locally on your Mac. Activate with a shortcut, speak anywhere you'd normally type, and watch your words appear instantly. Perfect for AI chats, emails, and any text field.
Harker was featured in Mac (103.5k followers), Productivity (650k followers) and Developer Tools (511.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 201.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Harker?
Harker 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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