Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.mobile.android > #150285

Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality

From Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality
Date 2025-08-23 16:49 +0000
Organization BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com)
Message-ID <108cre9$3111$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> (permalink)
References <108ail3$15t5$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <108at1k$eu84$1@solani.org> <108b8vj$21k3$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <108c1fd$1r3r$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <108c5kr$fldg$1@solani.org>

Show all headers | View raw

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:37:11 +0200 (GMT+02:00), Qihe wrote :


> What do you mean exactly by doesn't work well at all? (I've just
>  noticed it's a bit slow and you need to speak "loud and clear")
>  
>  Did you try the f-droid version too?

Aurgh. My bad. I didn't even know it was on F-Droid.
I went to the Github repo and saw that it was only avail as source.

So I built it last night, but it took me about five hours.
I had never built a professional APK before in my life.

So I made a billion mistakes. 
Plus I spent half that time writing up the tutorial for others.

It's how I'm wired to be very helpful - much more so than most are.
Anyway, I didn't know it was on F-Droid so I'll try that later.

The way it didn't work was it "looked like" it was working.
But nothing came out of my speech. It wiggled the purple bar as I spoke, so
it certainly "heard" me, but no text resulted from my speaking to it.

Note that Samsung & Google & OpenBoard STT works fine so it's not that I'm
not pressing the right buttons. You just hit the mic & start talking.

However, I'm not sure if you have to physically hold down the mic button in
WhisperIME or if you can just tap the button once like you do with others.

Do you?

If so, that sucks (IMHO).
Anyway, I went to bed angry at the damn tool for sucking so badly.
I deleted it out of frustrated spite. 

However, I'll test out the F-Droid version.
But can you let me know if we have to HOLD the mic button down?

If so, that stinks.
If not, it's just my build that was bad (or my locked-down phone).

Back to comp.mobile.android | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-22 20:07 +0000
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2025-08-22 21:29 +0000
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-09-05 07:02 +0000
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-09-05 15:52 +0000
        Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-09-05 18:28 +0000
          Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-05 20:50 +0200
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 01:04 +0200
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 02:28 +0000
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 09:26 +0000
        Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 12:37 +0200
          Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 16:49 +0000
            Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 17:55 +0000
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 13:30 +0200
        Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-24 03:50 +0000
          Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 01:43 +0200
            Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-26 03:42 +0000
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-26 13:07 +0200
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-23 19:39 +0200
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-24 03:28 +0000
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 08:39 +0100
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-26 13:06 +0200
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-27 05:28 +0000
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-29 18:51 +0200
        Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-31 10:35 +0000
          Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-09-01 10:48 +0200
            Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-09-01 16:24 +0000
              Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-09-06 15:15 +0200
                Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-09-06 18:07 +0000
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-01 16:05 +0200
      Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-09-01 15:27 +0100
        Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-01 16:44 +0200
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-01 16:14 +0200
  Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-09-02 08:09 +0000
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Qihe <Q@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-02 12:13 +0200
    Re: Best 1:1 google app replacements with privacy & functionality Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-09-02 15:46 +0000

csiph-web