Handy Bar: Dictation That Lives in the Menu Bar

I dictate a lot these days (messages, notes, prompts for coding agents), and Handy has been my go-to for it. It’s open source, fast, and the transcription runs entirely on your Mac. The one thing I wanted was for it to get out of the way. No window, no Dock icon, just a little icon in the menu bar. So I forked it and made Handy Bar 🎙️ ...

November 13, 2026