### 🧩 **Requirement: Speech-to-Text POC (No 3rd-Party APIs)**

#### **Goal**

Build a simple proof of concept (POC) that captures live microphone audio from the browser, sends it to a backend server, converts the audio to text using an open-source/local library, and displays the text on the UI.

#### **Key Points**

* A basic `index.html` page to:

    * Start/stop microphone recording.
    * Stream audio to the backend.
    * Display the transcribed text in real-time or after processing.
* A backend server (e.g., Node.js or Python) that:

    * Receives audio stream.
    * Uses a **local speech-to-text library** (e.g., [Vosk](https://alphacephei.com/vosk/)) — **no external APIs**.
    * Sends back the transcribed text to the frontend.

#### **Note**

* I am using fish terminal
* The solution should run locally and utilize system hardware.
* Avoid any third-party cloud services.