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WhisperType

Android
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WhisperType is a full Android input method (IME) with a real QWERTY keyboard plus offline voice dictation.

Unlike dictation-only "keyboards" that only show a microphone button, WhisperType lets you type normally and use speech when you want.

Features:

  • Full QWERTY layout with numbers, symbols, and a categorized emoji picker
  • Shift / caps lock, sentence caps, double-space period, word-delete swipe
  • On-device word suggestions and clipboard history
  • Long-press accents and extra symbols
  • Microphone key for offline on-device speech-to-text (25s warning, 30s auto-stop)
  • Downloadable Whisper models: tiny.en, base.en (default), or small.en (int8)
  • Import your own sherpa-onnx Whisper zip
  • No API keys - audio, clipboard, and learned words stay on your device
  • Free and open source (MIT)

Setup:

  1. Install WhisperType
  2. Enable it in system keyboard settings
  3. Select it as the input method
  4. Grant microphone permission
  5. Download or import a speech model in settings
  6. Type or tap the mic to dictate

On-device recognition uses sherpa-onnx (includes ONNX Runtime). Whisper models download on demand from Hugging Face when the user chooses Download; Import works offline.