Re: [PLUG] Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app

[Wayne via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Not sure why the app is so large, perhaps because it's a GUI. Here's another one that seems to do the same thing with a half-dozen lines of script. The 40MB model works quite well as is. There are others available.

100% local, no internet connection needed after the initial model download.

One caution with any of these SSTs... If you're in a noisy environment and switch to any other app, it will keep typing away and you might not want that. Try using in a text editor first to get the hang of starting and stopping it.

Speech To Text, STT ASR...
https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation
https://alphacephei.com/vosk/
https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models
https://fosspost.org/open-source-speech-recognition/


On 4/20/26 8:12 AM, jeffv via plug wrote:
> On 4/20/26 10:24, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> > Even though it says that the model works offline, with on-device
> > transcription, I'd still be cautious using this. 
>
> agreed.
> It's a shame.
>
>
>
> The github project
> > says it has optional text polishing with LLMs like Anthropic, Google,
> > and OpenAI, and then everything you say is going out into the cloud.
> >
> > Walt
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 09:46:55AM -0400, jeffv via plug wrote:
> > > Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app
> > >
> > > https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/speed-of-sound-linux-voice-typing-app
> > >
> > > It’s able to simulate type via the XDG Desktop Portal. Per the project docs,
> > > this works with all major desktop environments including GNOME and KDE as
> > > well as on both X11 and Wayland. The app nudges you to give it relevant
> > > permissions when you run it.
> > >
> > > Speed of Sound is free, open source software available to install from
> > > Flathub and the Snap Store, with AppImage, Deb, and RPM packages available
> > > from the GitHub releases page.
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