# Ubuntu plans to add AI voice input to all text fields > Source: > Published: 2026-06-03 14:30:49+00:00 Ever wished you could talk in to a text field rather than type? Ubuntu 26.10 hears you – quite literally. Canonical VP of Engineer Jon Seager, speaking at the Ubuntu Summit in May, said the distro aims to let you “press a button and talk into any field that you could previously type in […] by default on every Ubuntu machine”. Speech to text will be powered by a small language parsing model like Whisper, turning any text entry point on the desktop to offer optional speech input. This means you could bark “Firefox” in the GNOME Shell overview rather […] You're reading [Ubuntu plans to add AI voice input to all text fields](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-speech-to-text-ai), a blog post from [OMG! Ubuntu](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk). Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.