Handy is a local voice-to-text desktop app by @cjpais that I’ve been contributing to for a few months. Push a key, speak, release, and whatever you said appears at the cursor. No cloud, no API key, no latency across the wire. The transcription is done by transcribe-rs, a Rust crate that wraps a handful of ASR engines (whisper, Parakeet, SenseVoice, Canary, openai) behind a unified interface. ...
Baratza Vario / Forte Motor drive parts and ratio Motor Baratza have at least 3 variants of motor used in the Vario… and 120V/230V versions of each: * PN: 1036 / 1037 D-shaft motor * PN: 1058? / ?? Helical shaft motor * PN: 6026 / 6027 Hybrid shaft motor There’s also two styles of motor enclosure used: not sure if these relate to specific part numbers above or not though, or it might be a Mahlkonig vs Baratza difference. ...
I’m a big fan of my Sunbeam Torino I’ve had my Torino for about a year now. I read the reviews talking it down before I bought it but didn’t have the bench space for a BDB. I also got it for about AUD 1K, much less than the original RRP. For the price I think it’s the best looking machine that has all the conveniences like dosed shot buttons, pour timer, quick startup etc. ...