# Hex

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Hex dictation, Hex app, Hex voice

A free, [open-source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) voice [dictation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/speech-to-text) app that [turns](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/turn) speech into text on the person's own computer, so audio is not sent to a [server](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server).

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) holds a key, speaks a note, and Hex types it into her document without the audio leaving the laptop.

Official site: <https://anoma.ly/hex/>

## Connects to (4)

- [Speech-to-text](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/speech-to-text): Software that turns spoken words into written text.
- [Local model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/local-model): A model that is downloaded and run on a person's own computer or a company's own servers, not on a provider's.
- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.
- [Wispr Flow](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wispr-flow): A dictation app for computers and phones.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hex-dictation