Private, offline speech-to-text and dictation for Windows, powered by the open-source OpenASR engine -- no cloud, no telemetry, fully local.
OpenASR Desktop brings system-wide dictation and audio/meeting transcription to Windows, running entirely on-device on top of the Apache-2.0 OpenASR speech-recognition engine (ggml-backed, eleven model families, CPU and GPU inference). Nothing is uploaded: no cloud fallback, no telemetry, no account required. Models are downloaded once from a signed catalog and then run fully offline.
| Publisher | Caelum Inc. |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 |
| Release date | 2026-07-14 |
| License | Proprietary |
| Installer type | nullsoft |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | Caelum.OpenASRDesktop |
| Install scope | Current user |
winget install --id=Caelum.OpenASRDesktop -ewinget upgrade --id=Caelum.OpenASRDesktop -ewinget uninstall --id=Caelum.OpenASRDesktop -e"OpenASR-Desktop-0.1.8-x64-setup.exe" /SOpenASR Desktop is proprietary software from Caelum Inc.. Check the publisher's license terms for pricing and usage rights.
The latest version is 0.1.8, released on Jul 14, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 583770162d353ba9d419212fb7fc2cd4f852c6c446295f3a6ef4aab0016ec8f1.
OpenASR Desktop runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "OpenASR-Desktop-0.1.8-x64-setup.exe" /S, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=Caelum.OpenASRDesktop -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find OpenASR Desktop and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Caelum.OpenASRDesktop -e.
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