RTF22 is an independent software publisher distributing its work through GitHub, with a catalog currently centered on a single desktop utility for the Windows platform. Its product, VOCIX, is a local voice dictation application designed to convert spoken input into text without relying on cloud-based transcription services, addressing the needs of users who prioritize privacy, offline capability, or reduced dependence on external providers. The application is activated through a global hotkey, allowing dictation to be triggered from within any program, which makes it suitable for workflows such as drafting documents, composing emails, writing code comments, or capturing notes without switching context. VOCIX integrates Whisper, an open-source speech-to-text model, for on-device transcription, and complements this with support for large language model providers including Anthropic, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and Ollama for locally hosted models. This multi-provider architecture enables post-processing of dictated text, such as cleanup, reformatting, summarization, or restructuring, while giving users the flexibility to choose between commercial cloud services and fully local inference. Typical use cases include hands-free text entry, accessibility support for users who find typing difficult, rapid capture of spoken ideas, and privacy-sensitive environments where audio data must not leave the machine. By combining speech recognition with configurable language model backends, RTF22's offering sits within the broader categories of productivity software, accessibility tooling, and AI-assisted text processing, and its distribution as an open-source project on GitHub allows technically inclined users to inspect, modify, and contribute to the codebase.

VOCIX

Local voice dictation for Windows with global hotkey — Whisper STT + multi-provider LLM (Anthropic / OpenAI-compatible / Ollama).

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