Self-Hosted Speech-to-Text in Your Homelab: A Practical Guide [2026]

It is 10 PM on a Wednesday. You have just recorded a 45-minute brainstorming session, a podcast episode with a friend, or a lecture you need to revisit. Your options: send the audio to a cloud service and pay per minute (plus hope they are not training on your conversation), or spend an hour transcribing by hand. Neither is acceptable for a homelab operator in 2026. The good news: local…