Quill

Dictation bridge that types your voice into any app

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Quill runs in your system tray. Press a global hotkey, speak, and it types the transcribed text into your active window—code editor, browser, chat app, anywhere.

What it does

Dictation

• Types directly into any active window using keyboard simulation
• Audio cue (configurable beep) signals when listening and when transcription completes

STT providers

• NVIDIA NIM (Parakeet-1.1b)
• Groq (Whisper V3, Whisper Flash)

Architecture

• Free API tiers, no heavy local compute required
• Global hotkey listener runs silently in the background
• Switch providers and models in settings

Where config lives

Platform	Path
Windows	%APPDATA%/QuillApp

Install

Requirements

• Python 3.12
• API keys for NVIDIA or Groq

git clone https://github.com/noahain/quill
cd quill
py -3.12 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
py -3.12 main.py

Tech stack

Python 3.12 · pywebview · HTML/CSS/JS · NVIDIA NIM · Groq

Development team

• Lead: Noahain - product vision, logic direction
• Primary developer: OpenCode (Kimi K2.6) - global hotkey listeners, API integrations, frontend state
• Technical consultant: DeepSeek V4 Pro - architecture, audio buffer handling, keyboard simulation

License

MIT