If you were interested in this topic I found a great little program. So great I even threw a little money at the author. You have to use it with Chrome but that is the only drawback (it isn't stand-alone). https://speechnotes.co/ On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Michael wrote: > Oh yeah.... I was hoping for dictation. I was hoping that someone knew of > an apt -get.... Well i found http://www.webupd8.org/2 > 014/02/linux-speech-recognition-using-google.html but it doesn't work for > me. > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Matthew Crews > wrote: > >> From what I’m reading, this is one area that Linux struggles in compared >> to other operating systems. My guess is because voice recognition in >> general isn’t easy in the first place. >> >> >> >> The Arch Linux wiki apparently has a list of available software. Pretty >> sure most of them are available on the other distros. >> >> >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Speech_recognition >> >> >> >> But it also depends what you want. Do you want voice dictation for >> writing (Dragon Naturally Speaking), or do you want voice commands (OK >> Google, Cortana, Siri, etc)? >> >> >> >> Worst case scenario, you could just run Windows 10 in a VM or something, >> lol. >> >> >> >> -Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Michael >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 18, 2017 8:57 PM >> *To:* PLUG >> *Subject:* voice recognition software >> >> >> >> You know.... my android recognizes most of what I tell it to type. >> Android is linux. so what is a good voice program I could apt-get? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: