Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android. - soupslurpr/Transcribro
Hi everyone this is my first post on here. I saw my other app called BeauTyXT posted here so I wondered why not post my newest app here.
Thanks for making this but some screenshots or a walkthough would be nice. Also any plans to publish it on f-droid?
Screenshots would be nice I suppose, yeah. A walkthrough/instructions are sort of included in the app in the Start screen, at least enough to get stuff enabled. I think the keyboard UI is pretty easy to understand, and the buttons are large and there is no wasted space which is nice for accessibility. At this time there aren’t any plans to publish it on F-Droid. However, Accrescent is the recommended way to get it as Accrescent provides automatic updates (which can be turned off if you’d prefer) and has higher security than GitHub and F-Droid. It’s available on GitHub releases too.
There! I added a screenshot of the keyboard UI at the bottom of the README.md. There isn’t really anything else to screenshot other than maybe the ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH activity but it’s basically the same but floating and with only the mic button.
Thanks but I’m already using FUTO keyboard.
FUTO keyboard seems pretty cool! By default it switches to an enabled voice input keyboard when you press the microphone button, so you can actually use Transcribro with FUTO’s keyboard! Better together! Of course perhaps you like their voice input or another voice input more. But it’s good that they give you an option rather than being limited to only theirs! Transcribro might be a better option for you if you like how it has more buttons and some unique features compared to FUTO’s. It’s also around the same speed and accuracy as they both use the same underlying model. So give it a try and let me know!
It’s also around the same speed and accuracy as they both use the same underlying model.
Yeah I gave it a try just for shits and gigs and it was very similar, both are super accurate.
Yep. Also Transcribro has this feature that makes editing easier as it adapts the punctuation https://github.com/soupslurpr/Transcribro/pull/39
Again, you can use the FUTO keyboard and Transcribro together. All you have to do is enable Transcribro’s keyboard (the Start screen will guide you), and then make sure in FUTO’s keyboard in Voice Input the “Disable built-in voice input” is on. After that, pressing the mic button should switch to Transcribro. If you’d like Transcribro to automatically switch back, you can toggle that on in its settings.
Thanks now I’m using FUTO. Very nice design for a FOSS app.
And it’s on normal app stores available to keep me sane.
To each their own but I don’t use “normal app stores”
Can someone enlighten me oabout the specifics of the accrescent.app appstore?
I guess it’s somewhat like Obtanium in that it fetches releases packed by the original developers, just plus an index, metadata and signing, thus more convenient and secure? I guess it’s open-source and everything? What are the unique benefits?
I checked it out. This appstore has like 8 apps from which the majority is made by this developer. I wouldn’t even be surprised if he’s not trying to promote his app but the appstore instead. I’d not trust this store.
Please don’t spread baseless claims. The majority of the apps on Accrescent as of writing are not made by me. Only 3 out of the 12 apps are. I have already stated if you don’t want to get my app from Accrescent, then you don’t have to. There are apk files released on GitHub releases, which the download section of the README.md talks about.
You’re right, it’s 12 and not 8 apps and 25% and not 51% your apps.
Thanks.
Have you read their FAQ at https://accrescent.app/faq ?
Sure. There isn’t any paragraph on how it compares to other appstores or why the author started the project in the first place despite several other stores being available.
So I’m looking for the selling point. (Aside from your App being available there.)
For a comparison, the developer of Accrescent has said some of the differences in an issue for adding a comparison table (it hasn’t been added yet). See https://github.com/accrescent/meta/issues/22#issuecomment-1780020882
The main selling points of Accrescent are no accounts required, unattended updates without root (on Android 12+), developers always sign their own apps, and the security properties of Accrescent which means even if Accrescent’s servers gets compromised, attackers can’t do something like replacing an existing app with their own malicious version without access to the signing key used to sign the repository metadata.
Also keep in mind Accrescent is still in early alpha and so it doesn’t have all of the features that are planned. If you’d like to see some of the planned features, please take a look at the roadmap at https://github.com/orgs/accrescent/projects/4/views/1
Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. The Github issue also is very helpful. Seems that’s exactly my answer to “Why do I need a fourth store in addition to F-Droid, AuroraStore and Obtanium” 😉
Have a nice day, thanks for the STT keyboard! I didn’t really engage in the discussion because I’m exactly in the same situation as other people here. I already have the FUTO one and Sayboard… But eventually I’d like to replace FUTO software with free software alternatives. I don’t like their licensing. So this is very welcome.
Have a nice day to you too, and your welcome! Also keep in mind Transcribro can be used the same way as you imply you’re using Sayboard with FUTO. Just saying in case you didn’t know.
Do you plan to support other languages too?
Yes, please use GitHub’s “Issues” tab and you’ll see an entry has been made to support multiple languages.
For now, it is English only.
I want to try this out, but it’s not on FDroid or Izzy
You can still get the apk on GitHub releases if you don’t want to use Accrescent. Also you can use Obtanium to get automatic updates for many apps from different sources, including GitHub.
I’ll give it a try!
for real, like it’s weird that it’s on such a small app store without branching out to the other larger ones, it makes me think something else nefarious is going on. Not that it actually is but that’s the look that it gives with something like this lol It’s on my radar but I’m going to give it a bit before trying just in case
Very cool, and +1 for accrescent, although an fdroid or izzy release would be nice. How does it compare to sayboard? https://github.com/ElishaAz/Sayboard
Thanks, an F-Droid or IzzyOnDroid release isn’t planned at the moment. Sayboard uses the Vosk model and because of that it can have almost real time transcription. It also has a punctuation keyboard integrated within. But Transcribro has better accuracy, punctuation, and capitalization as it uses OpenAI’s Whisper model. While Transcribro isn’t real time, it will compute very fast after it stops detecting speech (which takes a few seconds due to not wanting to stop early) or press the mic toggle to stop it yourself. On shorter stuff on my Pixel 7 it can take less than two seconds. There are many more differences and I’d suggest trying it out yourself to see exactly.
I’m not downloading yet another appstore just to get this app. There are a billion field-tested stores out there. Starting with the GPlaystore. It’s beyond me why the customer is not allowed to freely choose where to get it. I already have 3 appstores on my phone. I’m not getting a forth one.
Yet another appstore… I just want to get the app. I don’t care about what stupid repository the developer prefers. This is getting out of hand. Definitely not downloading another appstore just to get this app.
Hi, you don’t need to download another app store to get Transcribro. Accrescent is not required, just recommended (because of its security properties and optional auto updates). If you read the download section, it clearly states that Transcribro is also available on GitHub releases. You could use something like Obtanium if you want to get it from GitHub releases with auto updates, or just install the apk. You don’t have to use any app store 😄
That’s great but this is Android. I don’t want to install random apks from Github. Google, Fdroid and Izzy are trusted stores that people have been using for decades. Sure, there are better stores and newer technologies. It’s great when apps distribute over these stores to. But why artificially remove options? Shouldn’t it be up to the customer (and their threat model)? Afterall, I’m getting the app from the store and not the store for the app.
I understand. I’m not fond of the three options you presented.
It’s available on Accrescent btw
