WanderVoice

About

Apple Siri used binary he/she pronoun defaults that misgendered nonbinary and trans users for years — Apple added they/them support only in iOS 17 (2023). Google Text-to-Speech offered only binary voice options (Male/Female) until 2023. Amazon Polly's voice options are still labeled 'Male' and 'Female' with no nonbinary option. For trans people experiencing voice dysphoria — distress triggered by hearing one's own voice — voice journaling and TTS tools built on binary voice assumptions are not just unhelpful but actively harmful. ADHD and dyslexia affect approximately 15-20% of the population; voice input is documented as significantly more accessible for these populations. WanderVoice is voice journaling with dysphoria-aware TTS: voice options that are not labeled by gender, voices that can be customized to reduce dysphoria triggers, and transcription that runs entirely locally via faster-whisper.

Features

• Dysphoria-aware TTS: voice options not labeled Male/Female — pitch, timbre, speed customizable
• On-device transcription: faster-whisper runs locally — your voice journal never sent to Apple/Google/Amazon
• Voice journal with Luen AI prompts: guided reflection without cloud processing
• ADHD/dyslexia accessibility: voice input eliminates the barrier of written expression
• No binary voice assumptions: Siri/Google/Polly binary model explicitly rejected
• Real-time transcription: speak, see words appear, edit — no upload wait
• WanderMind integration: voice journaling as mental health tool with mood correlation
• WanderStory integration: voice journal entries feed memoir with transcription
• Playback at adjusted speed: review your own recordings at a comfortable pace
• Privacy: your voice recordings are the most intimate data — local-only, no exceptions