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Thoughts on voice,
privacy, and Mac.

We write about the things we care about: offline AI, privacy-first software, and the weird history of how humans got stuck using keyboards.

ProductMarch 18, 2026·6 min read

We added Parakeet. Here's why it matters.

NVIDIA's Parakeet model is smaller than Whisper large, faster on M-series chips, and shockingly accurate for US English. We spent three weeks testing it before shipping. Here's what we learned.

PrivacyFebruary 4, 2026·8 min read

What 'we don't collect your data' actually means

Everyone says it. Most of them are lying, or at least being optimistic. Here's the technical breakdown of what Tellaflow does — and doesn't — do with your audio. Spoiler: the architecture is the policy.

EngineeringJanuary 20, 2026·5 min read

How Live Translation works under the hood

Whisper wasn't built to transcribe — it was built to translate. We explain how we wired its translate mode to output text directly into whatever you're typing in, with no round-trip.

OpinionDecember 12, 2025·4 min read

Voice input is still underrated. Here's why.

The keyboard has been the default input method for 150 years. Voice recognition has existed for 40. The reason voice hasn't replaced typing isn't technical — it's trust. And the cloud made it worse.

ProductNovember 28, 2025·3 min read

Tellaflow v0.1: we shipped the thing

We built Tellaflow because we couldn't find a voice dictation tool we trusted. After six months of building, we're releasing it to the public. Free, open-source core, runs entirely on your Mac.