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title: Install YazSes on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of YazSes for Linux - Local, offline voice dictation
  for Linux
url: https://snapcraft.io/yazses
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# YazSes

[mohsen seyedkazemi ardebili (mohsenseyedkazemi)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/mohsenseyedkazemi "View all snaps from mohsen seyedkazemi ardebili (mohsenseyedkazemi)")

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latest/stable 2.46.0

Install latest/stable of YazSes

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install yazses
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### 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/yazses#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/yazses#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/yazses#tab-security)

#### 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: <https://pypi.org/project/yazses/>
* 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: <https://mskazemi.com/yazses/>
Issues: <https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses/issues>

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## Install YazSes on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/yazses/raspbian)