For Android

What LocalType does

A keyboard you can type on, with a microphone key that turns speech into text without your voice leaving the phone.

The parts that matter

Voice typing in the keyboard

Tap the microphone while you are typing and carry on speaking. The text lands in the field you were already in, in whichever app you are using.

Speech recognition on your device

The model runs locally, so your audio does not need to be sent to a transcription service.

Works offline

Once a speech model is downloaded, transcription works with no connection at all.

Eighteen languages

With automatic recognition of which supported language you are speaking, handled by a single multilingual model.

A choice of speech models

Trade speed against accuracy and storage, with a suggestion based on what your phone can handle.

No account, no ads, no tracking

Nothing to sign up for, no advertising, and no behavioural tracking inside the product.

How dictating fits into typing

No switching apps, no copying and pasting, no waiting for a separate screen to open.

Type Tap the microphone Dictate Carry on typing

The keyboard itself

LocalType is a keyboard first: you can use it all day without ever touching the microphone. Everything below works with the connection switched off, the same as the voice typing.

Autocorrect and suggestions A dictionary per language Layouts you would expect Your own words Emoji

Read more about

Privacy

What happens to your voice, and why the app asks for internet access.

Offline use

What works without a connection, and what needs one first.

Languages

The eighteen supported languages and how switching between them works.

Speech models

Speed, accuracy and storage, and how to pick one.

Try everything free for 14 days

After that, voice typing requires a yearly payment. Typing stays free, so the keyboard itself keeps working.

Use the features in practice

These guides connect the feature list to setup and everyday voice typing on Android.

Compare voice typing apps

Which Android option fits everyday typing, long notes, meetings or private offline use.

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Set up an Android keyboard

The steps from installing a keyboard to selecting it as your active input method.

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Improve voice typing accuracy

Practical changes that help recognition without changing how you naturally speak.

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Voice typing and autocorrect

Where speech recognition stops and keyboard correction begins.

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Get LocalType for Android

Private voice typing that runs on your phone, with speech recognition on the device itself.

Get it on Google Play