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Vocalinux 0.14 Beta Released For Offline Voice Dictation / Speech-To-Text On Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Desktop on 15 July 2026 at 06:10 AM EDT. 2 Comments

Ubuntu 26.10 is notably working on laying the foundation for a context-aware desktop and their initial deliverable being worked on is Myna as a speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop. Interestingly there is already a promising voice dictation / speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop called Vocalinux that continues advancing and is usable right now for those looking at their own speech-to-text desktop solution.

Vocalinux is a GPLv3-licensed solution that works both on X11 and Wayland desktops under Linux for completely offline speech-to-text handling. Vocalinux leverages Whisper.cpp for the microphone audio processing while alternatively VOSK or OpenAI Whisper with PyTorch can be used too. With Whisper.cpp you can enjoy Vulkan-based acceleration that works across GPU vendors or there is the CPU back-end as well.

Vocalinux supports a desktop tray UI, configurable hotkeys for activation, and other typical features one would expect for interacting with your desktop via voice dictation. Compared to the in-development Canonical Myna, it aims to be Linux distribution agnostic as well as desktop agnostic.

Yesterday saw the release of Vocalinux 0.14 beta that landed the configurable keyboard shortcuts support, FunASR/SenseVoice support for remote API engines if desired, some Wayland fixes, and better handling of the CPU-based Whisper.cpp support on hybrid CPU laptops.

Those wishing to learn more about this open-source Linux desktop voice dictation software can do so via GitHub and the project site at Vocalinux.com.

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