Speak. It's already written.

Novaddict is a free, open-source speech-to-text app for Windows, Mac and Linux — powered by Groq for transcription that keeps up with your voice.

Stop typing. Start talking.

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Novaddict — open-source speech-to-text application
Real-time transcription

Your voice, written faster than you speak

Powered by the Groq infrastructure, Novaddict transcribes in near real time.

No more waiting for a progress bar. Novaddict streams your speech through Groq's high-speed inference, so the words appear almost as fast as you say them. Dictate an email, capture a meeting, draft an article — your ideas land as text before you lose your train of thought.
Near real-time speech-to-text transcription
Speak French, get English

Talk in French. Read it in English.

One step. Two languages.

Novaddict doesn't just transcribe — it can translate on the fly. Speak naturally in French and get both the original transcription and an automatic English translation. Perfect for bilingual teams, international clients, and anyone who thinks in one language and writes in another.
Automatic French to English translation
Open source & cross-platform

Free, transparent, and yours to keep

No subscription. No lock-in. No black box.

Novaddict is fully open source — you can read the code, audit how your audio is handled, and run it on Windows, Mac or Linux. The app is free: you only pay your own Groq API usage, around $0.04 per hour of dictation. No subscription, no markup — just what you actually use. Built by GDM-Pixel, a studio that ships practical AI tools rather than promises.
Open-source software running on Windows, Mac and Linux
Built by GDM-Pixel

A studio that ships real AI tools

Novaddict is one of the practical tools we build at GDM-Pixel. We help entrepreneurs and teams put AI to work — from custom assistants to automations that save hours every week.

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Compatibility

  • Windows — Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
  • macOS — macOS 10.15+ (Intel & Apple Silicon)
  • Linux — Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora (64-bit)

Free & open source app. You only pay your Groq API usage — about $0.04 per hour of dictation.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before you download Novaddict.

The app itself is free and open source — no subscription, no account, no markup. The only cost is your own Groq API usage for the transcription, which runs at about $0.04 per hour of dictation. You pay Groq directly for what you use, nothing more.
Novaddict is open source, so you can audit exactly how it handles your audio. Transcription is powered by the Groq infrastructure — your audio is processed to generate the text and is not used to train anything by Novaddict itself.
You can dictate in French and get the transcription, plus an automatic English translation. Speech-to-text via Groq supports many languages — French to English is the translation flow built into Novaddict.
Yes. Novaddict uses the Groq infrastructure for its speed, so you connect your own Groq API key on first launch. That's also what keeps it so cheap — you pay Groq directly for your usage (about $0.04 per hour) instead of a fixed subscription.
Novaddict runs on Windows (10/11, 64-bit), macOS (10.15+, Intel & Apple Silicon) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, 64-bit).
It means the source code is publicly available. You're free to inspect it, verify what it does with your data, and adapt it to your own needs.
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