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Enable sharing on the strong machine
On your powerful desktop, turn on network sharing. Voicetypr exposes its local transcription engine over your LAN through a built-in HTTP API. Add an optional password to lock the endpoint down.
VoicetyprNetwork transcription
Run the big models on your powerful machine, dictate from your light one
Network transcription lets a light laptop route dictation to a powerful desktop on a trusted private LAN. The strong machine runs the downloaded local model; the recorded audio crosses your network to that machine rather than a hosted speech service.
Last verified: July 27, 2026
Publisher and method: Voicetypr publishes this product explainer. The workflow and limits were checked against the public remote-transcription source and tests; this was not a network-security audit.
Quick verdict
Choose a local model on the current device when the simplest data boundary matters. Use LAN transcription when a trusted, stronger machine is worth sending recorded audio across your private network. Use neither as proof of a production air-gap or encrypted transport without validating the whole deployment.
Stays on your LANNo internet requiredLocal models onlyShips in 2.0
How it works
Three steps to dictate across your devices
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Scan and select it on the light one
On your laptop, open the Models tab and scan for LAN servers. Add the desktop, select it, and every dictation now routes to that machine over your own Wi-Fi.
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Dictate like nothing changed
Hold your hotkey and speak. Audio travels to the strong machine, the big model transcribes it, and the text lands in your focused field — same flow, more horsepower.
What you get
Built into the Models tab, with a network boundary to review
- Any Voicetypr instance can expose its local transcription engine over the LAN through a built-in HTTP API.
- In the Models tab you scan for, add, and select LAN servers — picking one routes all dictation to that machine.
- An optional password protects the sharing endpoint, and you can see the real active-connection count.
- Windows firewall detection flags blocked connections and walks you through the fix.
- Only local models can be shared — cloud STT sources can't be routed over the network.
Who it's for
One strong machine, many places to dictate from
Power users with a desktop and a laptop
Keep the heavy Whisper or Parakeet models on the desktop that can actually run them, and dictate from the laptop you carry around the house.
Weak or older laptops
If your travel machine can't handle the larger local models, borrow the desktop's engine over the network instead of dropping to a smaller model.
Privacy-conscious teams on a LAN
Use one capable machine on a trusted private network, while recognizing that recorded audio crosses the LAN and the endpoint must be secured.
Stays on your network
Your audio stays between your own devices
Network transcription happens between your Voicetypr machines: audio travels from the client to the selected LAN server and is transcribed there. Only downloaded Whisper or Parakeet models can be shared; the source rejects cloud speech providers. Because the public implementation uses a LAN HTTP endpoint with optional password authentication, use a password, keep the port off public networks, and treat both devices plus the LAN as part of your trusted boundary.
FAQ
Network transcription questions
Does my audio leave my network?
In this mode, audio is sent from the client to the selected Voicetypr server on your LAN and transcribed there. The feature does not route the request through Voicetypr's servers, but you should still treat the LAN and server as part of your data boundary.
Do I need an internet connection?
The transcription request can stay on the private LAN after both devices and the model are set up. Licensing, model downloads, updates, and other optional network features are separate dependencies, so verify the complete workflow before relying on a disconnected deployment.
How do I secure the sharing endpoint?
Set a password on the sharing machine and use the feature only on a trusted private network. The public source exposes a LAN HTTP endpoint with optional password authentication; it does not document transport encryption, so do not expose the port to an untrusted network or the public internet.
Can I share a cloud transcription source over the network?
No. Only local models (Whisper, Parakeet) can be shared. Cloud STT sources can't be routed across devices — network transcription is local-engine to local-engine, by design.
I'm on Windows and connections won't go through — what now?
Voicetypr detects when the Windows firewall is blocking the sharing endpoint and shows you how to remediate it, so the light machine can reach the strong one.
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