Dictation for Linux
Voice dictation for 64-bit Linux. Hold a hotkey, speak, and your words land in the app you already have open.
Dictation for Linux
Voice typing on Linux used to mean a browser tab, or a tool that never shipped a Linux build. Glaido is a desktop app for 64-bit Linux. You dictate into the program you already have open.
Hold a hotkey, speak, and release. Glaido writes what you said, with capitals and punctuation, and pastes it at the cursor. A short line comes back sooner than a long paragraph.
Where the text goes
Any app that accepts typing. A reply in the browser, a document, a terminal, chat, or the prompt you were about to type into an AI tool.
Talk the way you would say it out loud. A full thought formats better than a string of fragments. If you are writing email, Glaido can follow an email style instead of the style it uses everywhere else. You set that once, under formatting.
Names and product terms go in the dictionary, so they come out spelled the way you want.
Glaido transcribes 100 languages. Choose one language when you want the best accuracy. If you switch languages in the same sitting, select each of them and Glaido works out which one you are speaking.
Your dictation history stays on the machine as a temporary list. It is not saved to our database.
How you record
Push to talk is the default. Hold the key, speak, let go. Use it for a message or a paragraph.
On Linux the defaults use Ctrl, not the Mac Fn and Option keys. Settings lists the exact keys after you install, and you can change them.
The dictation guide covers how recording works. Hotkeys is where the keys are.
Which package to install
You need:
- 64-bit Linux (
x86_64) - A microphone
- A network connection
Debian and Ubuntu use the .deb. Fedora and RHEL use the .rpm. The site cannot tell those apart, so after you sign up you pick the package. The installation guide walks through the download, the first launch, and how to remove Glaido with your distribution's package tool.
The same Glaido account works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Sign in on a Linux machine and your subscription comes with you.
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