Dabri

A minimalist, privacy-focused desktop application for offline speech-to-text.

Converts voice input directly into any active window (editors, browsers, IDEs, AI assistants)

using the Whisper model locally for speech recognition.

For system tray integration on GNOME and automatic typing on Wayland,

see the Desktop Environment Support Guide.

Features:

Offline speech-to-text, privacy-first: all processing happens locally

Portable AppImage and Flatpak packages

Cross-platform support for X11 and Wayland

Linux desktop integration with GNOME, KDE, and others

GPU and CPU support with Vulkan acceleration and CPU fallback

Voice typing or clipboard mode

Flexible audio recording with ALSA or PulseAudio/PipeWire

Multi-language support, custom hotkey binding, visual notifications

Model management: switch between base, small, medium, and large-v3 whisper models via tray or CLI.