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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Handy Speech-to-Text Setup Installation and usage guide for Handy, a desktop speech-to-text app with system tray integration. Covers RPM install on Nobara/Fedora, CLI flags, and Wayland/GTK dependencies. guide productivity
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Handy - Speech to Text

Overview

Desktop speech-to-text application with system tray integration. Records audio and transcribes to text, with optional post-processing.

Installation

This Machine (Nobara / Fedora-based)

Installed from GitHub release RPM:

# Download Handy-0.7.6-1.x86_64.rpm from GitHub releases
sudo dnf install /path/to/Handy-0.7.6-1.x86_64.rpm

Required dependency (not bundled):

sudo dnf install gtk-layer-shell

Installed Files

  • Binary: /usr/bin/handy
  • Resources: /usr/lib/Handy/resources/
  • Desktop entry: /usr/share/applications/Handy.desktop
  • Version installed: 0.7.6

Usage

handy                          # Launch with GUI
handy --start-hidden           # Start minimized to tray
handy --toggle-transcription   # Toggle recording (sent to running instance)
handy --toggle-post-process    # Toggle with post-processing
handy --cancel                 # Cancel current operation
handy --no-tray                # Launch without system tray icon

Notes

  • Uses Silero VAD (Voice Activity Detection) model for speech detection
  • Runs as a Wayland-native GTK app (uses gtk-layer-shell)
  • System tray icon shows idle/recording/transcribing states