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I built a free AI that reads my screen and answers out loud – no API key, runs offline with Ollama

DEV Community·Shashank Kumar Singh·27 days ago
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I kept hitting ChatGPT's $20/mo wall. So I built my own. Clicky is a free, open-source AI assistant for Windows that floats next to your cursor, reads your screen, and speaks the answer back out loud. No copy-paste. No alt-tab. No subscription. The problem I was solving Every time I hit an API limit or saw that $20/mo charge, I thought — I have a decent laptop, Ollama runs locally, why am I paying for this? But existing local AI setups require you to open a terminal, type prompts, copy-paste context... it's friction. I wanted something that just worked — press a hotkey, ask a question, get an answer. How Clicky works Press Ctrl+Alt+Space anywhere on Windows It captures all your screens and starts listening You ask your question out loud It reads the screen context, queries the AI, and speaks the answer back That's the entire flow. No window switching. No typing.…

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