Updates on voice-to-text in Linux/GNOME lately? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by cal4@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey all,

I've been a Linux user for many years now, primarily on full featured GNOME and KDE desktop environments. However, as I've gotten older and developed arthritis in my hands, I've found myself relying more and more on Android for its easy and available voice-to-text keyboard input.

Being able to dictate messages is sometimes the only comfortable way to communicate. I don't want to have to switch over to Mac just to get usable system-wide voice input, but I have been considering it.

So I'm wondering if there have been any improvements on this front in recent Linux distros or GNOME releases? Last I checked a few years ago, the voice recognition and dictation options were still quite limited compared to mobile operating systems or Mac.

Are there any new solutions for Linux voice-to-text that works well across different apps either working now or in development? Have I overlooked any obvious choice?

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[-] adam@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

Nerd dictation is a simple to use and powerful voice-to-text utility that you can use to just type or you can script its output. In my experience it works quite well, although I don't really use it for dictation.

https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation

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