# Listen2Me

> Local speech-to-text (STT) and Windows dictation using automatic speech recognition (ASR). Free-to-use proprietary beta, with local models or a user-selected hosted endpoint.

## Product and workflows

- [Listen2Me](https://listen2me.hangrylabs.app/): Product page, dictation demo, requirements, privacy and official Windows download.
- [Features](https://listen2me.hangrylabs.app/features): Offline transcription, configurable push-to-talk, model/server choice, custom phrase presets, cancellation, streaming preview/typing and transcript recovery. Enter/Shift+Enter actions are opt-in custom phrases, not enabled automatically. Listen2Me does not run agent tools or bypass application input restrictions.
- [Privacy](https://listen2me.hangrylabs.app/privacy): Local versus hosted processing, session-only transcript history and optional network requests. Cancellation cannot recall audio already sent or undo text already inserted.
- [Official releases](https://github.com/hangry-labs/Listen2Me/releases): Windows installer, notes and checksums.
- [Feedback privacy](https://hangrylabs.app/listen2me/feedback-privacy): Optional feedback handling.
- [Hangry Labs apps](https://hangrylabs.app/software/apps): Desktop software.

## Speech-to-text versus text-to-speech

Listen2Me converts speech into written text, not generated audio. It is not a text-to-speech (TTS) engine.
- [Local TTS tools](https://hangrylabs.app/software): Separate Hangry Labs text-to-speech tools for generating audio from text.