Sonik hansp27

speech-to-text transcription whisper whisper-cpp wpf

Use this command to install Sonik:

winget install --id=Hansp27.Sonik -e

Sonik is a Windows desktop speech-to-text app that records audio locally and transcribes it with bundled whisper.cpp binaries and Whisper model files.

Sonik

A voice transcription app for Windows that runs locally on the GPU.

Installation

Install with Winget, or download the latest installer directly from GitHub Releases.

winget install hansp27.Sonik

NOTE: If installation fails silently, it's because of a bug in winget-cli MOTW verification. Manually remove the mark and retry:

Unblock-File $env:LOCALAPPDATA\Temp\WinGet\Hansp27.Sonik.0.1.8\6e096d846e59c3fb9ee0687fd0bf0ab38dc80106b309a9db8f444fca6f2ee23d

winget install hansp27.Sonik

Status

The application works but still want to kindly ask for your patience as it's in an early stage and the user experience is not completely flawless.

User Requirements

Windows 10 or later

Internals

Sonik is written in C#/.NET. Audio capture and conversion use bundled ffmpeg, and transcription runs locally through bundled whisper.cpp binaries (whisper-server / whisper-cli) with Whisper model files.

Build Requirements

Windows 10 or later
.NET 8 SDK
Inno Setup 6, only for installer builds

Build

Build and run:

dotnet build .\Sonik.sln
dotnet run --project .\Sonik.App\Sonik.App.csproj

Build an installer (fetches dependencies automatically):

.\installer\build.ps1 -Configuration Release -Rid win-x64

Installer output is written under publish\installer\.

Repository Layout

Sonik.App\ - WPF desktop app
Sonik.Core\ - recording, transcription, settings, and shared logic
assets\ - icons and bundled sample assets
installer\ - Inno Setup packaging and dependency setup scripts
publish\ - generated release and installer artifacts, created by packaging builds

Contributing

Proposals for improvements, PRs, Issues and discussions are very much appreciated. The goal is to create a speech-to-text app people will love.