whispertux

What it does

whispertux is an open source GUI wrapper around whisper.cpp that enables voice transcription on Linux desktops. Useful for voice prompting your favorite LLM or entering terminal commands

Simple GUI around whisper.cpp for voice-to-text on Linux - cjams/whispertux

Simple voice dictation application for Linux. Press the shortcut key, speak, press the shortcut key again, and text will appear in whatever app owns the cursor at the time. Uses whisper.cpp for offline speech-to-text transcription. No fancy GPUs are required although whisper.cpp is capable of using them if you have one available. Once your speech is transcribed, it is sent to a ydotool daemon that will write the text into the focused application. Super useful for voice prompting AI models and speaking terminal commands. git clone https://github.com/cjams/whispertux cd whispertux python3 setup.py The setup script handles everything: system dependencies, creating Python virtual environment,…from github.com

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