Hands-on with Ubuntu's new AI voice typing feature
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/myna-dictation-osd.webp?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) AI-powered voice typing is coming to Ubuntu in Myna, a speech-to-text feature that lets you talk into any valid text field. It's still a work in progress, but I grabbed an early build to see how it's shaping up. With Ubuntu 26.10 now entering its freeze, the user-facing pieces of myna are falling in to place. This week, a new GNOME Shell extension was added to default installs to provide an on-screen indicator when myna is listening and recording. To be clear: Myna is not a GNOME Shell extension. It's an orchestrator that manages loading an AI model, hot-key activation, [...]
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Categories: News, AI/ML, Myna, Ubuntu 26.10
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/testing-ubuntu-ai-voice-dictation Aug 27, 2026, 06:33 PM