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title: Install YazSes on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of YazSes for on Debian - Local, offline voice
dictation for Linux
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/debian
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# Install YazSes on **Debian**
# YazSes
[mohsen seyedkazemi ardebili (mohsenseyedkazemi)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/mohsenseyedkazemi "View all snaps from mohsen seyedkazemi ardebili (mohsenseyedkazemi)")
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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/debian#install)
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#### Local, offline voice dictation for Linux
YazSes is offline, on-device voice dictation. Hold a key (Space by default), speak, release — your words are transcribed locally and typed into whatever app has focus. No cloud, no API key, no subscription; nothing leaves your machine.
Features:
* Offline speech-to-text with faster-whisper (CPU, int8) — no GPU needed
* Voice commands for editors and terminals: "undo that", "save file", "go to line 42", "run the tests", "rename this to user\_id"
* Personal vocabulary and multi-step macros
* Works in any focused text field — editors, browsers, terminals, chat
INSTALL — all four commands are required. A snap cannot connect its own interfaces, and the daemon starts and looks healthy without them; it simply never hears you, or never sees the key.
sudo snap install yazses
sudo snap connect yazses:audio-record
sudo snap connect yazses:raw-input
yazses setup
* audio-record — the microphone. Without it, dictation hears nothing.
* raw-input — the hold-to-talk key, read from /dev/input/event\*. Without it the hotkey does nothing at all.
* yazses setup — provisions the rest, and re-checks both interfaces.
THEN, TO START DICTATING
yazses doctor (reports anything still missing)
yazses mic-level --set (tune the silence gate to your voice, ~4 s)
yazses start (hold Space, speak, release)
First run downloads the speech model (~250 MB–1 GB): one internet connection, then everything after that is offline. Config and models live under ~/snap/yazses/. To remove: sudo snap remove yazses
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
* Architecture: stable is amd64 today. On arm64, run "sudo snap install yazses --edge" (one release behind) or install with pipx.
* Session: this is a strictly-confined snap and keystroke injection works on X11 sessions. For Wayland, or for full input access, install via pipx instead:
* A snap ships a fixed set of libraries, so features cannot be added to it later. Included: dictation, voice commands, tray, overlay, Meeting Mode with speaker diarization, the Parakeet English engine, spoken read-back. Not included, and needing a pipx install instead: Cocktail Filter, offline LLM cleanup, Glance-Type, prosody-aware punctuation.
Docs:
Issues:
### Package name
* yazses
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### License
* Apache-2.0
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### Last updated
* Yesterday - latest/stable
* Yesterday - latest/edge
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### Websites
* [mskazemi.com](https://mskazemi.com/yazses/ "https://mskazemi.com/yazses/")
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### Contact
* [mohsen.seyedkazemi@gmail.com](mailto:mohsen.seyedkazemi@gmail.com "mailto:mohsen.seyedkazemi@gmail.com")
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### Source code
* [github.com/MSKazemi/yazses](https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses "https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses")
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### Report a bug
* [github.com/MSKazemi/yazses/issues](https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses/issues "https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses/issues")
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##### Report a Snap Store violation
* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/debian#report-snap-modal)
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## Enable snaps on Debian and install YazSes
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](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.
### Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
```
sudo snap install snapd
```
### Install YazSes
To install YazSes, simply use the following command:
```
sudo snap install yazses
```
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