WhisperType Keyboard

Offline Android keyboard with QWERTY typing and on-device speech dictation
Repo:F-Droid.Org
AppID:me.trion.whispertype
Author:Parminder Singh
License:MIT
Donation:
InRepoSince:2026-08-10
LastRepoUpdate:2026-11-13
LastAppUpdate:Unknown
LastVersion:1.6.1
Categories:Keyboard & IME, Speech Recognizer
APK source:
icon 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.

WhatsNew:

1.6.1: Bug fix.
- Fix: typing lagged in some apps, such as Instagram. Each key press now asks the app for its text once, not once per key.

anti Anti-Features:
  • NonFreeNet (this application promotes/depends a non-Free network service):
    ⇒ Downloads the speech recognition model from Hugging Face when requested; dictation runs offline after the model is installed.
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Android Versions:
  • Target: 15.0
  • MinVer: 8.0
  • ABIs: x86_64

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