Android speech-to-text without the extras?
May 8, 2018 11:56 AM Subscribe
I'd like to use Google offline voice recognition on my LineageOS (Android) phone without all the baggage. Gapps Pico is too bulky and overkill. Can this be done?
The most bare-bones package I can find for Android voice search is through Gapps Pico.
All I want is to use the offline speech recognition to send texts with my voice. I don't need the rest of what the package comes with -- "Google Play Store, Google Calendar Sync, Dialer Framework and the following Play Store applications: Google Package Installer (replaces stock/AOSP Package Installer), Google Play services."
Installation of even that minimal package slows my phone to a crawl, and I never use the Play Store, Calendar, or have need for anything other than the AOSP installer.
Can I get the voice recognition without all the baggage? I'm open to other easy-to-use options, but offline use is a must.
The most bare-bones package I can find for Android voice search is through Gapps Pico.
All I want is to use the offline speech recognition to send texts with my voice. I don't need the rest of what the package comes with -- "Google Play Store, Google Calendar Sync, Dialer Framework and the following Play Store applications: Google Package Installer (replaces stock/AOSP Package Installer), Google Play services."
Installation of even that minimal package slows my phone to a crawl, and I never use the Play Store, Calendar, or have need for anything other than the AOSP installer.
Can I get the voice recognition without all the baggage? I'm open to other easy-to-use options, but offline use is a must.
There really isn't much work on speech recognizers on Android...
There are also various proprietary 3rd party apps like TalkType, Dragon Mobile Assistant, Speechnotes. These don't seem to integrate into the proper Android voice input system, but some of them work as keyboards. Speechnotes actually advertises offline support, so you might want to try that one.
posted by floatboth at 1:10 PM on May 8, 2018
- Kõnele is focused on the Estonian language and requires running your own servers.
- AndroidPocketSphinx was a project that implemented an offline Android speech recognizer service using, well, PocketSphinx. Seems pretty dead though, last update 2011. I guess someone could resurrect that project, all it does is bridging an existing engine and the appropriate Android API.
There are also various proprietary 3rd party apps like TalkType, Dragon Mobile Assistant, Speechnotes. These don't seem to integrate into the proper Android voice input system, but some of them work as keyboards. Speechnotes actually advertises offline support, so you might want to try that one.
posted by floatboth at 1:10 PM on May 8, 2018
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posted by cnc at 12:19 PM on May 8, 2018