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 # VoxCtrl
 
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+</p>
 
 A high-performance, private, on-device voice-to-text dictation application and programmable **voice input broker** built natively with **Rust**, **Tauri 2**, and **Svelte 5**.
 
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 Thank you for your support! ❤️
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