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Google announced in 2019 an end-to-end, all-neural, on-device speech recognizer to power speech input in Gboard.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Today, we're happy to announce the rollout of an end-to-end, all-neural, on-device speech recognizer to power speech input in Gboard.”
An All-Neural On-Device Speech Recognizer, Johan Schalkwyk, Google Research Blog, 2019, Opening section of the post.
Open the original- What it measures
- The post says the model is compact enough to reside on a phone.
- What it does not show
- The post describes the first rollout, which was limited to American English on Pixel phones. Later languages and devices are not covered by this post.
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