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nerd-dictation: Offline Speech to Text for Desktop Linux
Campbell Barton, GitHub, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- The README of an open-source Linux dictation utility built on the VOSK engine, listing the audio-recording and input-simulation tools it can use.
- How much weight it carries
- Primary project documentation. It describes what the tool does, not how accurate it is.
Facts taken from this source
- The nerd-dictation project describes itself as offline speech to text for desktop Linux, built on the VOSK-API.
“a utility that provides simple access speech to text for using in Linux without being tied to a desktop environment, using the excellent” (Introduction)
- The nerd-dictation README lists Windows and macOS support only as a possible future item.
“Possibly support Windows & macOS.” (Further Work)
- The nerd-dictation README lists xdotool, a command to simulate input in X11, as its default input simulation utility.
“An input simulation utility (``xdotool`` by default).” (Input Simulation Utilities)