what it does
ghost pepper is a macOS hold-to-talk speech-to-text app running entirely on local models. press a key, talk, release — text appears. no cloud, no API calls, no data leaving your machine.
why it matters
voice input was the last gap in the local-first AI stack. LLMs run locally, embeddings run locally, but voice still bounced through someone else’s servers. ghost pepper closes that gap.
the creator is already using it as a voice interface for their other agents — not just dictation, but “speech to agent.” the input layer going local before the inference layer.
key features
- 100% local → no data leaves your machine, ever
- hold-to-talk → natural push-to-talk interface, like a walkie-talkie for your AI
- MIT license → fully open source
- agent-ready → designed to pipe voice input into agent workflows
self.md relevance
once your voice never leaves your machine, the entire personal AI pipeline can run air-gapped. ghost pepper is the front door to offline agents. pair with local TTS (Voxtral) for full duplex voice without touching a server.