Ratschn – A local Mac dictation app built with Rust, Tauri and CoreML

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Hi HN, I'm the solo developer behind Ratschn. I type a lot and got extremely frustrated with the current state of Mac dictation tools. Most of them are either heavy Electron wrappers, rely on cloud APIs (a privacy nightmare), or force you into a SaaS subscription for a tool that essentially runs on your own hardware. I wanted something that feels native, respects system resources, and runs entirely offline without forced subscriptions. The stack is Rust, Tauri, and whisper.cpp. Here are

Discovered

March 9, 2026

Added to Database

March 10, 2026

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Discovered via hackernews search; 1 AI keyword matches; 2 startup keyword matches

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