Wayland Speech-to-Text Tool

In plain words

Wayland Speech-to-Text Tool is a keybind-triggered transcription utility for Linux desktops running Wayland. Users speak into their microphone and the tool transcribes audio using OpenAI Whisper or Google Speech-to-Text, then either inputs the text directly into active fields or copies it to the clipboard. It captures audio via PipeWire and runs on-demand without a background process. Currently tested on Niri and expected to work on Hyprland, though support for GNOME and KDE remains unverified.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Wayland Speech-to-Text Tool - A minimal signal-driven speech-to-text tool for Wayland environments with PipeWire audio - sevos/waystt

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