Antonio Zugaldia

Great news: My little voice typing app for Linux is now available on both Flathub and Snapcraft. Links for both here: https://www.speedofsound.io/getting-started/

New Speed of Sound v0.13 release is out! Added support for a system tray icon that works across distros, LLM providers get a Disable Thinking toggle to cut latency, a test connection button, plus the usual little improvements.

You can download the app from Flathub and Snapcraft: https://www.speedofsound.io/

Here we go #googleio

Another write-up this week on Speed of Sound
https://letsdatascience.com/news/speed-of-sound-brings-offline-voice-typing-to-linux-19e70af5

Fun to read piece about Speed of Sound on @omgubuntu@floss.social . Coincidentally, a new release addressing some recent feedback should be out in a couple of days. Stay tuned!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/speed-of-sound-linux-voice-typing-app

New Speed of Sound release (v0.12.0) is out!

You can now use NVIDIA Parakeet and Canary models for on-device transcription, alongside Whisper. More models = better accuracy across languages + more offline/private options.

Also: the app can now start hidden (for auto-launch on login).

Flathub/Snapcraft links and install instructions on https://www.speedofsound.io/getting-started/

GNOME devs: what's the modern approach for apps to add a status indicator to the Shell top bar? I understand libindicator is no more. An extension and GSettings to sync state?

After many years attending, and a long post-pandemic hiatus, I'm back at #GoogleIO in person next week! If you're around, ping me. I'm looking forward to connecting and reconnecting.

That time of the year when DC decides that 3D printing can wait.

You won't find a more satisfying video this week https://youtu.be/rECMivhOat4

Next #Mapbox BUILD is coming up on November 16! We'll be sharing the latest on MapGPT.

https://youtu.be/TonRox3nMgg?si=tcnFpR5y77OPA5NQ

It's my fifth anniversary here and this is only my second post O:-)