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Speed of Sound vs nerd-dictation: catalog facts
Speed of Sound	nerd-dictation
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; cloud LLM polishing uses your own provider.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux, Command line
Offline transcription with Whisper, Parakeet and Canary models Types into any app on X11 and Wayland	Fully offline recognition Works in any application and desktop environment
Linux only Accuracy depends on the model you download and your hardware	Linux only Command-line setup with no graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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