Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Whisper To Input does its recognition on a backend, either the OpenAI API with your own API key or a Whisper server you host yourself.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“You have 2 choices, either using the official OpenAI API with your API key or self-host a Whisper ASR Webservice”
j3soon/whisper-to-input: An Android keyboard that performs speech-to-text with OpenAI Whisper, j3soon, GitHub, n.d., Setup section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The readme also lists NVIDIA NIM as a backend, and says the app supports English, Chinese, Japanese and mixed-language speech.
- What it does not show
- The API route sends your recorded speech to OpenAI, and it is billed to the API key you enter. The readme does not state current API prices.
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