{"slug": "hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature", "title": "Hands-on with Ubuntu’s AI speech-to-text dictation feature", "summary": "Ubuntu's upcoming 26.10 release will include Myna, an AI-powered speech-to-text dictation feature that lets users dictate into any text field, with a new GNOME Shell extension providing an on-screen indicator when it is listening. The feature is still in development but is being integrated into default installs as the release enters its freeze phase.", "body_md": "AI-powered voice typing is coming to Ubuntu in Myna, a speech-to-text feature that lets you talk into any valid text field. It’s still a work in progress, but I grabbed an early build to see how it’s shaping up. With Ubuntu 26.10 now entering its freeze, the user-facing pieces of myna are falling in to place. This week, a new GNOME Shell extension was added to default installs to provide an on-screen indicator when myna is listening and recording. To be clear: Myna is not a GNOME Shell extension. It’s an orchestrator that manages loading the AI model, listening for […]\n\nYou're reading [Hands-on with Ubuntu’s AI speech-to-text dictation feature](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/testing-ubuntu-ai-voice-dictation), a blog post from [OMG! Ubuntu](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk). Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature", "canonical_source": "https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/testing-ubuntu-ai-voice-dictation", "published_at": "2026-08-27 15:33:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-27 15:50:51.328373+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Ubuntu", "Myna", "GNOME Shell"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hands-on-with-ubuntus-ai-speech-to-text-dictation-feature.jsonld"}}