OpenDictate is a native GTK4 and Libadwaita voice dictation application for Linux written in 100% pure Rust. It turns spoken voice into clean, polished text across both Wayland and X11 desktops using either local on-device Whisper models or cloud AI providers.
Key Features:
whisper.cpp models (Tiny, Base, Small, Medium) or use low-latency Cloud AI (Groq, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Alibaba Qwen, DeepSeek).Clean, Professional, Casual, Concise, Raw), and instant clipboard copy.~/.local/share/opendictate/history.db) with one-click copy and deletion inside the header menu popover.You are about to open
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on Pop!_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install OpenDictate, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install opendictate
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