Show HN: Vocalinux // 100% offline voice typing for Linux

4 points

4 months ago

I built this because I wanted voice dictation without sending my voice data to cloud services.

Vocalinux is a privacy-focused, open-source dictation tool that runs entirely on your Linux machine:

- Local speech recognition (whisper.cpp, VOSK, or OpenAI Whisper) - GPU acceleration via Vulkan (AMD/Intel/NVIDIA) - Works offline, no network required - Universal compatibility (X11/Wayland, any app) - GTK system tray app

Installation: one-line curl command with auto-detection for GPU/CPU

GitHub: https://github.com/jatinkrmalik/vocalinux

Questions and feedback welcome!