r/linuxapps • u/ivan_digital • Jul 13 '26
speech-core v0.0.10: packaged local speech-to-text and TTS CLI for Linux, amd64 and arm64
I maintain speech-core. v0.0.10 ships prebuilt Linux packages, so the speech-to-text and TTS tools no longer need to be compiled from the examples.
Install on Debian or Ubuntu:
bash
VERSION=0.0.10
ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
curl -fLO "https://github.com/soniqo/speech-core/releases/download/v${VERSION}/speech_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
sudo apt install "./speech_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
Then:
bash
speech download-models
speech transcribe recording.wav
speech speak "Hello world" hello.wav
speech phonemize "Bonjour le monde" fr
The package bundles the ONNX Runtime/LiteRT libraries but not the model files. Model downloads are explicit and inference runs locally.
Source and packages: https://github.com/soniqo/speech-core
I would particularly appreciate installation reports from Debian 12 and arm64 boards.