{"slug": "vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux", "title": "Vocalinux 0.14 Beta Released For Offline Voice Dictation / Speech-To-Text On Linux", "summary": "Vocalinux 0.14 beta has been released, offering offline voice dictation and speech-to-text for Linux desktops. The open-source, GPLv3-licensed software supports X11 and Wayland, uses Whisper.cpp with Vulkan acceleration, and includes configurable hotkeys and a desktop tray UI. This release adds keyboard shortcut support, FunASR/SenseVoice remote API engines, Wayland fixes, and improved CPU-based Whisper.cpp handling on hybrid laptops.", "body_md": "# Vocalinux 0.14 Beta Released For Offline Voice Dictation / Speech-To-Text On Linux\n\nUbuntu 26.10 is notably working on\n\nVocalinux is a GPLv3-licensed solution that works both on X11 and Wayland desktops under Linux for completely offline speech-to-text handling. Vocalinux leverages Whisper.cpp for the microphone audio processing while alternatively VOSK or OpenAI Whisper with PyTorch can be used too. With Whisper.cpp you can enjoy Vulkan-based acceleration that works across GPU vendors or there is the CPU back-end as well.\n\nVocalinux supports a desktop tray UI, configurable hotkeys for activation, and other typical features one would expect for interacting with your desktop via voice dictation. Compared to the in-development Canonical Myna, it aims to be Linux distribution agnostic as well as desktop agnostic.\n\nYesterday saw the release of\n\nThose wishing to learn more about this open-source Linux desktop voice dictation software can do so via\n\n[laying the foundation for a context-aware desktop](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.10-Desktop-Features)and their initial deliverable being worked on is[Myna as a speech-to-text solution](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Myna-Speech-To-Text)for the Linux desktop. Interestingly there is already a promising voice dictation / speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop called Vocalinux that continues advancing and is usable right now for those looking at their own speech-to-text desktop solution.Vocalinux is a GPLv3-licensed solution that works both on X11 and Wayland desktops under Linux for completely offline speech-to-text handling. Vocalinux leverages Whisper.cpp for the microphone audio processing while alternatively VOSK or OpenAI Whisper with PyTorch can be used too. With Whisper.cpp you can enjoy Vulkan-based acceleration that works across GPU vendors or there is the CPU back-end as well.\n\nVocalinux supports a desktop tray UI, configurable hotkeys for activation, and other typical features one would expect for interacting with your desktop via voice dictation. Compared to the in-development Canonical Myna, it aims to be Linux distribution agnostic as well as desktop agnostic.\n\nYesterday saw the release of\n\n[Vocalinux 0.14 beta](https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux/releases/tag/v0.14.0-beta)that landed the configurable keyboard shortcuts support, FunASR/SenseVoice support for remote API engines if desired, some Wayland fixes, and better handling of the CPU-based Whisper.cpp support on hybrid CPU laptops.Those wishing to learn more about this open-source Linux desktop voice dictation software can do so via", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux", "canonical_source": "https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vocalinux-0.14-Beta", "published_at": "2026-07-15 10:10:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 10:21:43.533204+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Vocalinux", "Whisper.cpp", "VOSK", "OpenAI Whisper", "PyTorch", "Canonical Myna", "FunASR", "SenseVoice"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vocalinux-0-14-beta-released-for-offline-voice-dictation-speech-to-text-on-linux.jsonld"}}