DesktopVoiceAgent
An assistant that lives on your machine and listens when you address it. No account, no third-party server, no speaker in the living room.
What it does
DesktopVoiceAgent takes spoken instructions and carries them out on your computer. It runs as an ordinary program with a window and a tray icon rather than as a service that is always listening — you decide when it hears you.
What it can do is decided by plugins. The ones it ships with cover the things people most often say rather than type: launching programs, dictating text, taking notes, moving windows. The plugin interface is documented, so adding your own command does not mean forking the program.
Settings are files in your system's normal configuration directory. None of it goes to a cloud, and the assistant asks for no account.
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What you get out of it
- Speak instead of clicking — useful exactly when your hands are already busy typing.
- Plugins rather than a fixed command list: write what is missing.
- Runs on Windows and Linux from the same source.
- No user account, no sign-in, no telemetry.
- Settings are readable files in the usual place, not buried in a registry key.
- Starts when you need it; no microphone left listening all day.
What people use it for
While writing
Dictate while your hands stay on the text — long paragraphs often speak more fluently than they type.
With your hands full
A recipe, a workshop step, a repair guide: move on without touching the keyboard.
Repeated motions
The same three programs every morning? One plugin, one sentence, done.
Requirements
- PlatformWindows, Linux
- RuntimePython 3.11+
- CategoryProductivity