Fact · Dictation software
VoCoType-linux's home page says chat windows, editors, browsers, terminals and AI tools receive its text through the native platform input stack.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026
In the source's own words
“Chat windows, editors, browsers, terminals, and AI tools receive text through the native platform input stack.”
VocoType Linux: native voice typing for Linux and macOS, Leonard Li, VocoType Linux (LeonardNJU), 2026, Privacy and Native cards, Works everywhere.
Open the original- What it measures
- The text is committed by InputMethodKit on macOS, IBus, or Fcitx 5 on Linux, into the focused application.
- What it does not show
- Text enters apps through the input method, so an app must accept input methods. The page does not list tested apps.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as VoCoType-linux, types into any app: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- VoCoType-linux
- Feature
- Types into any app
- Detail
- chat, editors, browsers, terminals
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.