OpenDictate
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- opendictate
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- MIT
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Privacy-first AI voice dictation for Linux
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:
- Dual AI Engine: Transcribe 100% offline with local
whisper.cppmodels (Tiny,Base,Small,Medium) or use low-latency Cloud AI (Groq,OpenAI,Google Gemini,Alibaba Qwen,DeepSeek). - Floating Live Waveform Minibar: Compact overlay bar with real-time audio waveform, word counter, tone selector (
Clean,Professional,Casual,Concise,Raw), and instant clipboard copy. - Hardware-Aware Audio Capture: Exclusive single-device capture with automatic detection of Bluetooth Handsfree headsets, wired headphones, and system microphones via PipeWire, PulseAudio, and ALSA.
- 28-Language UI Localization: Instant in-place interface translation across 28 desktop Linux languages.
- Persistent Dictation History: Local SQLite history (
~/.local/share/opendictate/history.db) with one-click copy and deletion inside the header menu popover. - Privacy-Safe Crash Diagnostics: Opt-in, user-editable diagnostic report viewer with automatic path and API key redaction.
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