New tool2026-10-17via Product HuntAI Coding Tools for Developers

walkai-talkai

Name: walkai-talkai
Author: walkai-talkai

walkai-talkai is a paid macOS app that connects a handheld two-way radio to AI coding agents: you press push-to-talk, it transcribes you locally with Whisper, types the command into Cursor, Antigravity or a terminal agent, and reads the agent's reply back over the radio.

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PaidProprietarymacOS appby walkai-talkai (unverified)

Why it matters

For people who want to keep directing a long-running AI agent while away from the desk, in the shop, yard or warehouse, using a cheap radio instead of a phone app.

Highlights

Target Window mode types each transmission into the window you choose (Cursor, Antigravity, Terminal or any app) through macOS Accessibility and presses Enter; API mode talks to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek or Ollama models directly.
Speech recognition (Whisper) and neural voice output (Kokoro and EMA models on CoreML) run on the Mac, in English and Turkish.
Agents reply by POSTing a short summary to a loopback-only local API at 127.0.0.1:1988, which is then spoken over the radio with VOX wake tones and a roger beep.
Works with any handheld radio that has VOX and an audio jack (the site names Baofeng, Quansheng, Motorola and Kenwood), plus a cable and a second radio to carry.

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You start an agent on a big task, then want to check on it and give it new instructions from somewhere your laptop isn't.

Worth knowing: The app types into whatever window you pick using Accessibility permissions, even when you're away from the keyboard. Anyone on the same radio frequency can hear the replies and could transmit commands. A license check needs internet at least every 14 days.

Quick facts

Pricing	$19.99 early-bird lifetime license (regular $29.99), one Mac, transferable; tax added at checkout
Free or paid	Paid
License	Proprietary
Language	macOS app
Platform	macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon (M1 and newer); needs two VOX radios and an audio cable
GitHub stars	n/a (not a GitHub project)
Maker	walkai-talkainot verified

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Checked 2026-10-19 from the tool's own pages. Prices and star counts change, so confirm on the official site. Listing here is not a ranking or an endorsement.