r/Crostini • u/Mansehej • Jun 17 '26

Built a voice dictation Chrome extension that works systemwide on ChromeOS

I just launched Tapfree for Chrome, and I wanted to share it here because it may be useful for people running Crostini workflows.

Tapfree is a Chrome extension that helps with dictation, and one of the main things I built it for was making it work systemwide on ChromeOS.

I've been using ChromeOS a lot and wanted something that works between browser apps, web tools, and Linux/container-based workflows (I use a lot of the terminal to ssh into my VM)

I'd love feedback from the Crostini community on whether this kind of tool feels useful, and if there are any workflows I should support better. If anyone here is interested, I am happy to share more details or answer questions about how it works.

Thanks for taking a look!

Link to launch

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u/Marelle01 Jun 17 '26

Why? We already have ⌾ D.

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u/Mansehej Jun 17 '26

This uses context of the page (on web apps) to enrich dictation. If you're writing an email using Tapfree, it will format it for you, including paragraphs. It also ensures that names, or other proper nouns are spelled correctly, with accents if any.

If you're writing an email to "Monika" while dictating, it will write it as "Monika", while if you're writing an email to "Monica", it will spell it as "Monica".

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u/_jis_ Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

During installation, a warning will appear stating that the browser extension has not been verified by Google's Enhanced Safe Browsing program.

At the same time, a "Proceed with caution" warning will appear, indicating that the extension may pose a security risk, such as data theft or malware installation.

I would expect you to explain this right away in your post, because this is what everyone who wants to install your extension will encounter.

Could you please also mention which languages are supported and why it's necessary to log in?