AgentDictate - Linux Push-to-Talk Dictation for AI Agents

Personal Linux push-to-talk dictation for AI coding prompts. Press Ctrl+Space, speak, and AgentDictate transcribes with OpenAI, optionally cleans the text, applies replacements, copies it to the clipboard, and pastes it.

• OpenAI speech-to-text transcription
• Prompt cleanup for coding agents
• Custom text replacements
• Wayland and X11 paste support
• Local transcript history and usage stats

Install

Install system dependencies first:

sudo apt install python3 python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3-cairo python3-requests \
  pipewire-bin wl-clipboard ydotool xdotool

Then install AgentDictate into your user profile:

git clone https://github.com/Luzivog/agentdictate.git
cd agentdictate
./install.sh
agentdictate

Paste your OpenAI API key in the OpenAI tab, save, then use Ctrl+Space to start and stop dictation.

Run From Source

./run.sh
./run.sh --background

Test

./run-tests.sh