Description
I'm using dictation and transcription quite often these days. I'm using SpeechNote for it, but the integration into the desktop could be better.
I'd like to have a deeper integration for speech inputs in kde, like a hover button if an input has the focus (same as MS Windows). As soon as you press the button, dictation activates.
The transcription from SpeechNote is done completely locally and uses Whisper Models, which are very good and fast...and OpenSource. They can use graphic cards and NPU's, which will make it faster and less CPU intensive.
Benefactors:
- people with disabilities?
- people that like dictating instead of writing
- mobile kde users where a physical keyboard isn't at hand
What it will take
- Settings Page for speech input
- Hook into the focus event on input, much like done for the soft keyboard
- a kde framework for this?
- UX for the button on desktop and mobile
How we know we succeeded
- If people are using it, it's well enough integrated
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I am willing to put work into this
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I am interested
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