dsh-voice-dictation

Push-to-talk voice dictation for DeepSeek Harness (DSH):
a microphone button in the message composer records your voice, transcribes it
through a local speech-to-text server, and drops the text straight into the
message draft — hands-free prompting.

How it works

• Browser half — mic button in the composer; hold/click to record, audio
  goes to the host half on release.
• Host half — POST /voice/transcribe forwards audio to a local
  Parakeet STT HTTP server (default
  http://127.0.0.1:5093), with a local whisper CLI as fallback when the
  service is unreachable.
• Transcribed text lands in the composer draft; you review and send.

Everything stays on your machine — no cloud speech APIs.

Mic button in the composer	Dictating…	Text lands in the draft

Install

cd ~/.dsh/profiles/web
rm -rf node_modules/@deepseek-ai/dsh-voice-dictation   # drop any stale copy
pnpm add --force "file:/path/to/this/repo"

Add the composition row to ~/.dsh/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml:

- insert:
    - id: voice-dictation
      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-voice-dictation'

Restart DSH web and look for the mic button in the composer.

Configuration

You'll need an STT backend running, e.g. NVIDIA Parakeet served over HTTP on
the configured port. Without one, the plugin degrades to the whisper CLI
fallback (requires whisper on PATH).

License

MIT — see LICENSE.