Transcribro is an Android voice-input keyboard that converts speech to text entirely on the device. It runs OpenAI’s Whisper models through whisper.cpp, with Silero voice detection, so dictation needs no network connection. It can also act as the system speech-to-text service that other apps call.
Reviewed by Marcus Holmberg
Transcribro
github.com/soupslurpr/Transcribro 1 rating so far*
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Threat level
Hardened
A hardened pick. Worth the effort once you have chosen to shrink your footprint on purpose. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Voice typing is one of the quieter privacy holes on a phone, since the stock version ships your audio off to Google or Samsung to transcribe. Transcribro shuts that completely: the audio never leaves the device, and Whisper’s accuracy is good enough to rely on daily. The catches are real. It handles English only for now, and it is a young, single-developer project you install from Accrescent rather than the Play Store. If you dictate a lot and want it private, nothing else comes close.
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soupslurpr/Transcribro
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Transcribro alternatives
Simple Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . For people who like it minimalistic. No emojis, gifs, spell checker or swipe typing.
FlorisBoard Get it on F-Droid . Currently in early-beta state.
AnySoftKeyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports lots of languages via external packages.
Indic Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports 23 languages and 54 layouts.
Transcribro license, in plain English
ISC Permissive
A permissive license that is functionally identical to MIT, just with shorter wording.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
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