Parakeetype

Parakeetype

Fast on-device speech-to-text keyboard and voice input - no cloud, no tracking.

Christian Schabesberger Keyboard & IME Speech Recognizer

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Description

Parakeetype is a free and open-source speech-to-text app for Android. It works as a voice keyboard and as a speech recognition service for the whole system.

All transcription happens entirely on your device using the Parakeet Ultra model (a further-trained version of NVIDIA's Parakeet-TDT v3) via ONNX Runtime - no audio ever leaves your phone, no account required, and the app has no internet access at all.

Features
• Speech-to-text keyboard: dictate into any text field
• Speech-to-text input service: other apps such as translators, Firefox or Duolingo can use Parakeetype for their voice input
• Very fast: the model is kept loaded in memory, so transcription starts right away
• Fully on-device inference - completely private
• Minimal permissions: no internet access required

Based on Outspoke

Parakeetype is a fork of the Outspoke app and adds new features on top of it.

Requirements

• Android 12 (API 31) or higher
• ~630 MB free storage for the model file
• The model is downloaded separately from the project's GitHub releases and imported in the app (CC-BY-4.0)

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.4.0 current
d1d2a537cf289b12…
2026-10-22 54 MB API 31

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • MicrophoneRecord audio.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • parakeetype.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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