What is openless?

OpenLess is an open-source voice input tool for macOS and Windows that converts your spoken words into polished, ready-to-use text and inserts it wherever your cursor is, in a chat box, a code editor, an email draft, or any other text field. The core interaction is simple: hold a global hotkey, say what you want, and release. OpenLess records your speech, transcribes it, runs it through an AI cleanup step, and types the result at your cursor. If the app blocks direct text insertion, it falls back to copying the result to the clipboard. What sets OpenLess apart from basic voice-to-text tools is its output modes. The "structured" mode, described as the headline feature, takes loose, rambling speech and reshapes it into a clear, well-formed prompt you can paste directly into an AI assistant like ChatGPT or Claude. Three other modes are available: raw transcript with no changes, light polish for removing filler words and fixing punctuation, and formal text for documents and emails. A separate translation hotkey converts speech directly into a configured target language. The app is built with Tauri 2, a Rust backend, and a React/TypeScript frontend. For transcription it supports Volcengine streaming ASR, OpenAI Whisper-compatible batch ASR, Apple Speech on macOS, and local on-device models. For AI polish it works with any OpenAI-compatible API endpoint you supply. Unlike subscription-based commercial alternatives, OpenLess is fully open source, your audio and dictionary data stay on your machine, and you bring your own API credentials. It requires macOS 12 or later, or Windows 10 or later. The full README is longer than what was provided.