Hitoku Draft now supports voice‑driven transcription and editing on top of its existing local AI features.
The developer released a compiled build that runs entirely on a user's machine. It reads the screen, documents and active app, then lets you query PDFs, reply to emails, create calendar events, search the web and polish dictation—all by voice. The tool ships with Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.5 for text generation and works with Parakeet or Qwen‑3 ASR for speech‑to‑text. A $5 download link is provided, though the source remains free.
Running locally means no cloud traffic, which appeals to privacy‑concerned users and professionals who can’t afford bandwidth or data‑center latency. It also sidesteps subscription fees tied to hosted models, offering a one‑time cost for a self‑contained assistant.
The project is still niche; early adopters on forums are testing it, and the creator says a cross‑platform version is in the works. Expect slow adoption until the broader AI‑assistant market catches up with truly offline solutions.