SpeechTypeLocal: Voice-to-Text That Never Leaves Your Phone
For anyone who wants fast, accurate dictation without handing their voice to a cloud service: journalists, healthcare workers, privacy-conscious power users, and anyone stuck on a bad connection.
What It Is
SpeechTypeLocal is an Android dictation app that runs OpenAI’s Whisper model entirely on your device via the sherpa-onnx runtime. No servers, no accounts, no cloud uploads. A floating mic bubble lets you dictate into any app, Chrome, Messages, Notes, anywhere, and the transcribed text is pasted straight into whatever field you’re focused on. Works in airplane mode, in a hospital, in a meeting room with no signal.
Key Features
- 100% Offline: Audio is processed in memory on your phone and discarded. Nothing leaves your device.
- Floating Mic Bubble: Dictate over any app. Tap, speak, and your words are injected into the active text field.
- Live Transcription: Text appears as you speak, word by word, in real time.
- Multiple Whisper Models: Tiny English (39 MB) for speed, up to Medium multilingual (769 MB) for accuracy and accent support.
- Transcription History: Searchable list of past recordings with timestamps, duration, and word count.
- One-Time Pro Unlock: No subscriptions. Pro adds larger multilingual models, unlimited history, and custom bubble colors.
- No Ads, No Tracking: Anonymous usage analytics only. No audio, no transcripts, no identifiers linked to you.