# Ubuntu announce tech preview of AI voice dictation feature

> Source: <https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-release-myna-tech-preview>
> Published: 2026-10-12 17:27:22+00:00

Canonical has announced that Myna, its new AI-powered speech-to-text tool for Ubuntu desktop, is now available as a technology preview. Myna uses a local, offline automatic speech recognition (ASR) AI model to let you dictate into any text field on the Ubuntu desktop, be it a word processor, web browser or even the terminal. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, 26.04 LTS and 26.10 are supported, though only when using the default GNOME desktop with Wayland. Canonical’s Jean Baptiste Lallement says it is “still early days” for the feature, but that it is now “ready for the community to try”. It’s already multi-lingual, […]

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