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Re: Tutorial: Build your first Android APK on Windows from Github WhisperIME source code

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


>>> I'll add it to the list.
>>>  <https://github.com/woheller69/whisperIMEplus>
>>>  <https://github.com/woheller69/whisperIMEplus/releases/tag/V1.3>
>>> 
>>> Drat! Is there only source code available? 
>>
> The package is available on f-droid.
> https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whisperplus

Aurgh. I didn't know GPLv3 Whisper+ was on F-Droid.
So it turns out that I didn't need to build the MIT WhisperIME from src.
Sigh. Lesson learned.

I only figured out today that they're similar but different though.
 A. WhisperIME is the original MIT IME that runs Whisper offline.
 B. Whisper+ is a GPLv3 fork that plays much better with Android
    a. Works as both a keyboard and a standalone voice input app.
    b. Can be set as the default voice input system-wide.
    c. Is better integrated & has language translation 

Anyway, the F-Droid Whisper+ worked on my Android phone.
At least the F-Droid version worked to type my speech into text.

You do have to hold the mic button down though. 
Which sucks (IMHO).

Here's what the F-Droid description says about Whisper+:
 <https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whisperplus>
 Whisper+ is an input method editor (IME) with voice recognition.
 It can work as standalone app and also in HeliBoard.
 It needs to download the Whisper models from Hugging Face.
 Voice recognition works completely offline.
 It can translate any supported language to English.
 To get the most out of Whisper+:
  Press and hold the button while speaking
  Pause briefly before starting to speak
  Speak clearly, loudly, and at a moderate pace
  Please note that there is a limit of 30s for each recording

Overall, the advantage I see that it has over the HeliBoard or OpenBoard 
I already use is that it can offline translate languages, which is nice.

I installed it on my Android.
 <https://f-droid.org/repo/org.woheller69.whisperplus_13.apk>
 Name: 20250822_f-droid_org.woheller69.whisperplus_13.apk
 Size: 36437963 bytes (34 MiB)
 SHA256: 60036DFF1FD39B846FA886B00D7C5877C44284F7A674233B280971F425E731DC

The "Download Model/Install Model" is different on the F-Droid version than
it was on my build from the Github source code in that it needed a browser
(which I have a trapdoor to catch any app which tries to call a browser).
 <https://huggingface.co/DocWolle/whisperOnnx/blob/main/whisper_small_int8.zip>
  Name: 20250822_f-droid_whisper_small_int8.zip
  Size: 242722488 bytes (231 MiB)
  SHA256: 97AC121610693E8C9ADAEF9C6DB9066EF0CBEBBA53CA6E47F6D1541068CA19E3

Since my Android is mirrored on Windows all the time, I downloaded it on
Windows, but it wasn't clear if Android Whisper wants the zip or extracted.
 a. Download Model => it downloads the zip file
 b. Install Model => it took the zip file
 c. Start => brings you to "Keyboard list and default" settings
 d. Whisper+Voice input = turn this button on

OK. So it worked this time. It's slow as a dog though.
Much slower than anything else I've ever used.
And it keeps reverting back to being unset as the default STT.

So I really do not like it at all. 
But maybe I need to get used to it.

The fact is says it does translations might be useful to some people.

But as for me, I think I'll test it for a few days only as I already have
perfectly good offline speech-to-text keyboard mics on my Android phone.

 

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