Pushing
Pixels &
Shifting Bits

Full-Stack Developer & Generative AI Specialist. Blending technical precision with artistic vision.

Josh Rufer
// open source · solo built

VoxCtrl

Use key commands to direct your voice to any app or service you require — local or remote.

Zero Telemetry. Zero Cloud.
100% On-Device.

A high-performance, private voice-to-text dictation app and programmable voice input broker — built natively in Rust and Tauri with a Svelte frontend. An intelligent desktop voice gateway that routes your speech anywhere: typing into a focused window, invoking terminal agents, triggering shell commands, or feeding local AI assistants.

Rust Tauri Svelte whisper.cpp Piper TTS MCP CUDA / Vulkan

LISTENING · ON-DEVICE INFERENCE

Offline Speech Recognition

Local whisper.cpp inference with CPU/GPU acceleration.

Animated GUI Overlays

Ocean Wave, Voice Card, Waveform & Pulse Ring styles.

Low-Latency Processing

Real-time audio pipeline with Voice Activity Detection.

MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for AI client integration.

Global Hotkeys

Linux evdev hold-to-talk and chord gesture bindings.

DBus Dictation Service

Local automation hooks via desktop signal bus.

Neural Text-to-Speech

Natural voice output via the local Piper engine.

Smart Post-Processing

Filler-word removal with optional LLM rewriting.

ROUTE YOUR VOICE TO ANY TARGET

inject → keystrokes clipboard exec → shell pipe (FIFO) socket (TCP/Unix) file append dbus signals http request signed webhook speak (TTS)
100%
ON-DEVICE
10
OUTPUT TARGETS
22+
RELEASES
MIT
LICENSED

AI Services

Concept Art

Concept Art Iteration

Rapidly refine sketches and ideas into polished visuals using advanced AI workflows.

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LoRA Training

Custom LoRA Training

Train consistent character or style models to streamline your creative assets.

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ComfyUI Workflows

ComfyUI Workflows

Custom node development and workflow automation for complex generative tasks.

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Training

1-on-1 Training

Interactive video sessions to master ComfyUI, InvokeAI, and generative tools.

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Tech Arsenal

C# C#
.NET .NET
React React
Node Node.js
Python Python
Tailwind Tailwind
SQL SQL
Flutter Flutter

Experience

Sep 2022 – July 2023

Senior Full Stack Developer

Iroquois Systems

Combat defense simulation, OpenGL, 3D modeling, and video recording integration.

May 2021 – Sep 2022

Senior Software Developer

RW Baird

.NET/Azure optimization, mobile app development with Flutter/Dart.

Oct 2019 – March 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Noetec Inc.

Web apps with C#, .NET, Angular. Front and back-end development.

Let's Create
Something Amazing

Ready to bring your AI vision to life?

jrufer@jrufer.com