Compatibility

EasySpeak runs on Wayland desktops. GNOME is where it started, and where a bundled Shell extension provides everything. On other desktops, some features need a replacement for that extension that doesn't exist yet.

Feature	GNOME	KDE Plasma
Wake word, voice commands, spoken replies	✅	✅
Sleep and wake from the tray icon	✅	✅
Quick Settings toggle	✅	—
Open and close apps	✅	✅1
Folders and file manager	✅	✅
Media playback	✅	✅
Volume	✅	⚠️2
Brightness	✅	❌
Do not disturb	✅	❌
Browser control	✅	⚠️3
Dictation	✅	⚠️4
Push-to-talk key	✅	✅
Mouse grid	✅	❌
Head tracking	✅	❌
About dialog	✅	⚠️5
EasySpeak settings (e.g. start at login)	✅	⚠️6

✅ works · ⚠️ partly · ❌ not yet · — not applicable

KDE Plasma support is new, so this table reflects a first test on Plasma 6. If you find something that works differently, please report it.

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1. Opens the KDE counterpart where there is one, e.g. KCalc for "calculator" or System Settings for "settings". ↩

2. Changes the volume, but without the on-screen indicator. ↩

3. Pressing keys in browser mode ("press enter") needs GNOME. ↩

4. The text can't be typed yet. It lands on the clipboard, ready to paste with Ctrl+V. ↩

5. Opens in Plasma's own look if the optional kdialog is installed, else as GNOME's dialog if GTK 4 and libadwaita are. Without either, EasySpeak says its version and shows the details in a notification. ↩

6. "Start at Login" is in the tray icon's menu; there are no other settings yet. System Settings → Autostart shows the same entry. ↩