Antonio Zugaldia
@zugaldia.com
Building stuff, one thing at a time. Voice engineering at Mapbox. Former WHO and Silica Labs. Physicist. I have a bad feeling about this mission.
OK this piece by @reckless.bsky.social about why AI is unpopular among most people (anyone who's not inflicted with "software brain") is just solid gold from start to finish
The Verge@theverge.com · 3mo agoTHE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
That Kotlin library to interact with XDG Desktop Portals is the same speedofsound.io integrates under the hood!
GNOME@gnome.org · 3mo agoLibadwaita demo app on Android, new update for Goblint, a linter for C GObject codebases, Java/Kotlin library for interacting with XDG Desktop Portal and much more in This Week in GNOME! #246 Offline Dictionaries thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/0... #ThisWeekInGNOME #GNOME #TWIG
Thank you @ubuntupit.bsky.social for the review!
UbuntuPIT@ubuntupit.bsky.social · 4mo agoA new Linux desktop application called Speed of Sound is making voice typing more practical. It uses modern speech recognition to convert spoken words into text across applications with a focus on speed, privacy, and offline usability. linuxnews.io/speed-of-sou...
New Speed of Sound v0.13 release is out! Added support for a system tray icon that works across distros, LLM providers get a Disable Thinking toggle to cut latency, a test connection button, plus the usual little improvements. You can download the app from Flathub and Snapcraft: www.speedofsound.io
Speed of Sound
Voice typing for the Linux desktop
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Thank you @d0od.bsky.social for featuring Speed of Sound on @omgubuntu.co.uk ! Fun read and good motivation to get the new release out sooner than later. www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/spee...
Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app - OMG! Ubuntu
Your mouth can (probably) say things quicker than your hands can type, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop – yet most of
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New Speed of Sound release is out! You can now use NVIDIA Parakeet and Canary models for on-device transcription, alongside Whisper. More models = better accuracy across languages + more offline/private options. Flathub/Snapcraft links & install instructions on www.speedofsound.io/getting-star...
Great news: My little voice typing app for Linux is now available on both Flathub and Snapcraft. Links for both here: www.speedofsound.io/getting-star...
Instant pre-order. Love the form factor, and the hackability even more.
Eric Migicovsky@ericmigi.com · 8mo agoWe just launched a new product - Pebble Index 01 It's a small ring, with a button and mic. Press the button, talk and it saves your thought. I use it many times during the day to jot down reminders, todos, book recs, etc while my hands are full. Just $75 - preorders on rePebble.com/index
Love this. It's a win-win, we listeners get no ads and the publisher gets a stickier subscription. If you're looking for another high quality podcast with a similar no ads option check out @latenightlinux.bsky.social .
nilay patel@reckless.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe number one request we've gotten since we launched subscriptions was ad-free podcasts, and it took a lot of work but they are HERE. Sign up! www.theverge.com/bulletin/795...
@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.
GitHub - zugaldia/speedofsound: Voice typing for the Linux desktop.
Voice typing for the Linux desktop. Contribute to zugaldia/speedofsound development by creating an account on GitHub.
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My experience using the Meta Ray-Ban glasses for the last six months or so, where I make the case that audio, not vision, is the current killer feature for smart glasses: www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...
Meta Ray-Ban: Great speakers disguised as glasses - Antonio Zugaldia
Homepage and Notes
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I'm ready to throw some money at whoever is printing t-shirts with that ultrathink design.
> and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic) And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 11mo agoAnthropic raised a $13B Series F led by Iconiq at a $183B post-money valuation, up from $61.5B in March 2025, and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
I designed the biggest binoculars in the world (that you can buy) and they're for looking at outer space 🔭 🌌. Early access is a big step for our nano-scale mom-and-pop business to bring this model to life! www.analogsky.co/bloom
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My favorite use case is creating custom map styles, which I'm pretty bad at. “Create a Halloween-themed map. Make it look spooky and fun.”
Mapbox@mapbox.com · 12mo agoNow, it’s faster and easier to build with Mapbox by equipping AI coding tools with access to the Mapbox platform. The Mapbox MCP DevKit provides an interface to help AI assistants like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code to understand and streamline the Mapbox development environment: a.mbx.io/45sUFrH
Great advice for LLMs in particular and life in general (context: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4488...).
DevFestDC is back! In collaboration with @developers.google.com, this year we're running a one-day event themed around generative AI and emerging technologies. More information about tickets and how to apply to speak on www.devfestdc.org
This is very interesting. I particularly like the proposal under the hood for a lightweight mobile MCP implementation that is Android native.
goose@opensource.block.xyz · last yr.🪿📱Introducing Goose Mobile An exciting new experimental project in the goose ecosystem! Goose Mobile is an open agent that runs directly on your Android device, designed to maximize automation of your everyday tasks. github.com/block/goose-...
I’m still in disbelief that *two-thirds* of the DC Council voted today to fully fund ranked-choice voting in the District beginning in June 2026! What an amazing day for local democracy! And a huge shoutout to every single DC resident who worked toward this moment.
Turn on the sound — this is how nearly every night sounds for me and my family. Imagine getting used to that, living, working, raising kids. A lesson the world didn’t learn from WW2: when you tolerate and appease evil, it grows stronger, and you won’t notice until it reaches your home.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last yr.Russia continues it ongoing campaign of terror against Ukrainian cities.
Oh this is gonna be fun. Ordered.
Thomas Wolf@thomwolf.bsky.social · last yr.So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community. Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...