Canonical unveils Myna speech-to-text app for Ubuntu 26.10
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Canonical reveals Myna, its local speech-to-text app
Bird-branded AI will ride on Stonking Stingray
Canonical has published more details about the local speech-to-text engine that will take dictation in the forthcoming Ubuntu version 26.10, aka "Stonking Stingray."
In a post on the company’s Discourse forums on Wednesday, the outfit named one of the most significant new elements that’s coming in the next version: Myna: Speech to Text for Ubuntu Desktop.
Earlier this month, we reported from the Ubuntu Summit that Canonical was going big on AI and that one of the first signs would be speech-to-text input via locally run speech-recognition models. After the Summit, the company then published the Ubuntu Desktop 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Roadmap, as we mentioned towards the end of our review of MX Linux 25.2.
The announcement explains – and illustrates – what the plan is, how it will work, and...
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