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Jeffrey often uses MacWhisper for voice-to-text in his "AI to Voice to Text" series on Laracasts. MacWhisper is a macOS application that utilizes OpenAI's Whisper model to transcribe speech into text locally on your machine. It’s popular for its accuracy and privacy since your audio never leaves your device.
If you’re on Windows or want a cross-platform CLI option, you can also check out the official OpenAI Whisper repository, which allows you to transcribe audio using a Python script:
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git
# Then use:
whisper my_audio_file.mp3 --model medium
But for the experience you see in Jeffrey’s videos, MacWhisper for macOS is likely what he’s using.