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Verbtm v0.7.7
Verbtm 0.7.7 Released — Single-Key Push-to-Talk with Right Ctrl on Windows

Voice to text, at the
speed of thought.

Zero cloud. Zero telemetry. Instant keyboard injection into any Windows or Mac app with local Whisper speech recognition across 11 world languages.

Download for Windows
v0.7.7 • 64-bit • Setup.exe
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Also available for macOS (Apple Silicon • DMG) • Microsoft Store
First install: If Windows SmartScreen prompts, click More info → Run anyway.
CUDA 12 & Apple Silicon NEON Acceleration
11+ World Languages & Auto-Detect
100% Local / Zero Cloud Telemetry
Direct Keystroke Typing (Zero Clipboard Impact)

Engineering First

Built for developers, writers, and privacy purists.

Verbtm gives you the speed of modern deep learning without surrendering your conversations to third-party clouds.

100% Local & Private

Fast-Whisper neural models run entirely on your local GPU or CPU. No audio bytes or transcripts ever leave your device. Fully functional even when completely offline.

Universal Win32 Typing

Uses native Win32 batch SendInput with UTF-16 surrogate safety. Injects text into whichever application has focus without altering your clipboard.

Fluent Dynamic Island

A sleek, floating OLED-style pill HUD that stays cleanly docked at the top of your screen. Displays real-time 16-band audio levels and processing status without stealing window focus.

CUDA 12 & cuDNN 9 Speed

Compiled directly against NVIDIA CUDA 12 and cuDNN 9 libraries. Transcribes 10 seconds of speech in under 350 milliseconds on modern RTX GPUs, with auto-fallback to AVX2 CPU.

Smart Hallucination Filter

Eliminates Whisper repetition loops with custom n-gram deduplication, hallucination silence thresholding, and built-in Voice Activity Detection (VAD).

Customizable & Lightweight

Pick between Push-to-Talk or Toggle mode. Choose from 6 WinUI 3 color presets, select your audio microphone device, and calibrate transcription sensitivity in seconds.

Voice App Launcher

Hold Alt + Win, say any app name, and release — Verbtm fuzzy-matches and launches it instantly. Works with all your installed apps, including Start Menu shortcuts and Store-installed apps like Netflix, Copilot, and Spotify. A confirmation chime plays on success; a distinct tone on no-match — without touching your mouse or Start menu.

Start Menu & Store apps
Fuzzy voice matching
Audio success & error cues

Multilingual Speech Engine

Speak in your native tongue.
Dictate without borders.

Verbtm brings private, zero-cloud speech recognition to the world’s most spoken languages. Automatic language identification, native script punctuation, and specialized speech models—100% offline on your Mac or PC.

🌐 Curated Global Languages

Full vocabulary dictionaries, script-biasing prompts, and native punctuation formatting

Zero Configuration Needed
🌐 SMART
Auto-Detect
Recommended
🇬🇧 en
English
English
🇨🇳 zh
Mandarin
中文
🇮🇳 hi
Hindi
हिन्दी
🇪🇸 es
Spanish
Español
🇫🇷 fr
French
Français
🇩🇪 de
German
Deutsch
🇯🇵 ja
Japanese
日本語
🇸🇦 ar
Arabic
العربية
🇧🇩 bn
Bengali
বাংলা
🇧🇷 pt
Portuguese
Português
🇷🇺 ru
Russian
Русский

Smart Auto-Detection

Switch languages effortlessly mid-day. Verbtm’s two-stage acoustic classifier detects your language on the fly in milliseconds—no manual dropdown toggling required.

Native Script & Punctuation

Prompt-biasing delivers accurate punctuation for non-Latin scripts (Japanese 。, Devanagari ।, Arabic ،) and full Latin accents without IME interference.

Tiered Speech Models

From universal multilingual powerhouses like large-v3-turbo to featherweight base and tiny, select the ideal balance of accuracy and memory for your Mac or PC.

Interactive Experience & Native Design

A seamless floating HUD. Uncompromising control.

Try the live interactive floating pill below, then explore how Verbtm integrates natively with Windows 11.

Dynamic Island HUD
Live Preview
Tap state to preview HUD:
Ready
Ctrl + Win to dictate
Floating HUD docks cleanly at the top of your screen
Active Screen Docking: Seamlessly follows your cursor across multiple monitors
Zero Focus Loss: Transcribes audio without stealing active application focus
16-Band FFT Visualizer: Low-latency real-time voice amplitude feedback
Full interactive keyboard simulator available on desktop and tablet screens.

Native Windows & macOS Design

Crafted for speed. Tailored for your desktop.

Verbtm feels right at home on Windows 11 and macOS Apple Silicon. With background system tray / menu bar integration and hardware-accelerated overlays, enjoy fine-grained control over speech models, audio input hardware, visual themes, and global push-to-talk hotkeys.

Multiple Whisper Models: Run lightweight tiny or base for ultra-low latency, or switch to small for studio-grade accuracy.
Zero Clipboard Pollution: Direct Win32 SendInput on Windows and native Quartz event injection on macOS inject text as physical keystrokes, leaving your clipboard history pristine.
Hardware Audio Selector: Explicitly bind to your preferred USB or XLR microphone without touching system defaults.
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Why Verbtm

How Verbtm stacks up against alternatives.

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Feature Verbtm Cloud AI Dictation Built-in Voice Typing
Audio Privacy 100% Local (Never leaves device) Sent to Cloud Servers Sent to Cloud Servers
Subscription Cost 100% Free & Local ($0) $15 – $30 / month Free with OS
Air-Gapped / Offline Yes (Fully Functional) No (Requires Internet) No (Requires Internet)
Text Injection Method Direct Keystroke (Win32 & Quartz) Often overwrites clipboard Direct Keystroke
Hallucination Guard Smart VAD + Repetition Penalty Varies by service Limited
Multilingual Dictation 11+ Languages (100% Offline Auto-Detect) Cloud-dependent Requires separate pack downloads
Visual HUD Dynamic Island (Windows & Mac) Standard Window / None OS Floating Bar

Hardware & Compatibility

Runs on modern laptops, rigs, and workstations.

Minimum Requirements

CPU Fallback
  • • OS: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit, 21H2+)
  • • Processor: Intel Core i5 (8th Gen+) or AMD Ryzen 5
  • • Acceleration: AVX2 CPU vector instructions (INT8 quantized)
  • • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • • Storage: 2 GB free disk space
  • • Microphone: Any functional input device (USB, built-in, 3.5mm)
  • • Latency: ~180–350ms transcription speed
Recommended

Optimal Performance

NVIDIA Tensor Accel
  • • OS: Windows 11 (64-bit)
  • • Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20/30/40/50 Series
  • • Acceleration: CUDA 12 & cuDNN 9 Tensor Cores (FP16)
  • • VRAM / Memory: 4 GB+ dedicated VRAM, 16 GB system RAM
  • • Storage: 3 GB free disk space (fast NVMe SSD recommended)
  • • Latency: ~60–120ms instant transcription (sub-150ms)

Smart NVIDIA Acceleration: Verbtm compiles against NVIDIA CUDA 12 and cuDNN 9 for instant tensor core execution on GeForce RTX GPUs, with automatic fallback to AVX2 CPU vectoring for maximum offline performance with zero cloud latency.

Changelog

What's New in Verbtm

Recent performance upgrades, accuracy enhancements, and release notes.

v0.7.7 September 21, 2026

Single-Key Push-to-Talk with Right Ctrl on Windows

  • • Right Control Single-Key Shortcut: Hold Right Ctrl alone to speak and release to transcribe on Windows.
  • • Hands-Free Lock with Right Ctrl: Double-tap Right Ctrl to lock recording hands-free; tap once to finish.
  • • Full Compatibility with Ctrl + Win: The original Ctrl + Win shortcut remains fully functional.
v0.7.6 September 20, 2026
Download .exe (Windows)

4.5× Faster Typing & Configurable Speed

  • • 4.5× Faster Typing: Transcriptions stream into applications more than four times faster by default.
  • • Configurable Typing Speed: Fine-tune text delivery with Instant, Fast, Balanced, and Compatible presets.
  • • Quicker Dictation Response: Reduced pause time after you stop speaking so text appears almost immediately.
  • • Enhanced Mac & Windows Fluidity: Optimized smooth typing and pacing across both Windows and Apple Silicon.
v0.7.5 September 19, 2026
Download .exe (Windows)

Resilient In-App Updates & Edge Recovery

  • • Resilient Software Updates: In-app updater now automatically recovers from content network delays.
  • • Automatic Origin Retry: Seamlessly refreshes update packages if an edge server delivers an incomplete download.
  • • Smooth Background Setup: Eliminates false security signature mismatch warnings during updates.
v0.7.4 September 18, 2026
Download .exe (Windows)

Official Apple Notarization & Hardened Runtime

  • • Verified Apple Notarization: Officially signed and notarized by Apple for instant opening.
  • • Hardened Security: Built with Apple Hardened Runtime protections for safe, private typing.
  • • Seamless Setup: Downloaded disk images now open directly without Gatekeeper warnings.
v0.7.3 September 18, 2026
Download .exe (Windows)

One-Click macOS Updates & Automatic Relaunch

  • • One-Click Mac Updates: Install updates directly inside the app with automatic relaunch.
  • • Smooth Upgrade Flow: Fixed an issue on Mac where updating closed without installing.
  • • Verified Downloads: Added automated security checks to verify updates before installing.

Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Verbtm free to use?

Yes. Verbtm is 100% free to download and use for all personal and professional workflows. Speech recognition runs offline on your local GPU or CPU with zero cloud subscriptions and zero data collection.

Does it need an active internet connection?

Only once during the very first run to fetch your chosen Whisper speech model (e.g., ~140 MB for base.en). Once cached, Verbtm operates 100% locally and completely offline—no audio streams, telemetry, or transcripts ever leave your device.

Which languages does Verbtm support?

Verbtm natively supports 11 top world languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and German. With smart language auto-detection enabled, Verbtm identifies your spoken language automatically on the fly without requiring you to manually toggle settings.

How does text injection work without overwriting my clipboard?

Verbtm utilizes native Win32 SendInput keystroke synthesis on Windows and low-level Quartz CGEvent injection on macOS. It types transcribed characters directly into whichever application currently has focus (VS Code, Word, Chrome, Slack, Discord, Xcode) just as if you typed them on a physical keyboard—leaving your system clipboard completely untouched.

What if my computer doesn't have an NVIDIA GPU?

On Windows, Verbtm runs smoothly on standard Intel and AMD systems using optimized multi-threaded CPU inference with INT8 quantization (~250–350ms). On Mac, Verbtm runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1–M5) leveraging dedicated ARM NEON vector pipelines for instant sub-150ms transcription without requiring a discrete graphics card.

How can I verify my privacy if the application code is private?

Verbtm is distributed as a verified standalone application to prevent malicious third parties from creating compromised clones bundled with keyloggers.

Privacy is guaranteed and verifiable directly at the network layer:

  • • Self-Contained Packages: The Windows installer and macOS DMG package are 100% self-contained, bundling all runtime libraries with zero installer-side network downloads.
  • • One-Time Model Fetch: The only network request the application ever makes is on initial run to download your chosen Whisper speech model (e.g., ~140 MB for base.en) directly to your local drive. After that, speech recognition operates 100% offline.
  • • Zero Telemetry: No analytics trackers, advertising IDs, or background telemetry beacons are bundled.
  • • Auditable Network Traffic: You can block network access for Verbtm in Windows Defender Firewall or macOS System Settings (or inspect with Little Snitch / Wireshark) to verify with 100% certainty that zero audio or keystroke packets ever leave your device.

Why does my operating system show a download or security prompt?

Operating system security mechanisms (Microsoft Defender SmartScreen on Windows, and Gatekeeper on macOS) flag newly released executables that haven't yet accumulated widespread global download telemetry. Verbtm is completely safe, private, and 100% offline.

  • • Windows: If prompted in Microsoft Edge, click … → Keep → Keep anyway. When launching Setup, click More info → Run anyway.
  • • macOS: Open the DMG and drag Verbtm to your Applications folder. On first launch, if Gatekeeper displays a security prompt, click Done → open System Settings → Privacy & Security → scroll down to the Security section → click Open Anyway (or run xattr -cr /Applications/Verbtm.app in Terminal). When prompted, grant Microphone and Accessibility permissions so Verbtm can hear your voice and inject keystrokes into your active apps.

How can I report a bug or suggest a new feature?

You can submit feedback, bug reports, and feature requests directly through our Feedback Portal, or right-click the Verbtm tray icon in Windows (or click the menu bar icon on macOS) and select Feedback & Bug Report....

Dictate faster. Protect your privacy.

Download Verbtm today. No credit cards, no logins, no cloud tracking.

If SmartScreen or Edge flags the download, choose Keep and Run anyway.