App Profile: VoiceInk: AI Dictation

da bomb 1022

Rating: 5/5

It's a bit buggy right now—sometimes the keyboard crashes and I have to force quit the app. That said, I love that it's fully local and I've been enjoying it on my Mac for a while. Thanks for the iOS app; I can't wait to see what's next.

mikamikann

Rating: 2/5

Bro, this app is way too buggy. The voice recognition doesn't work as well as the one on macOS (it's pretty much a disaster actually and it always convert to english any language even when modifying the enhancement prompts). You don't have enough options to use the app correctly, for instance, Google Gemini 2.0 flash lite API. Also allow to install whisper (the biggest one) - apple won't restrict this download). I don't know why you made these choices... The custom prompts are not equal to the ones that you're using on macOS and even when modified, they don't work as well. Again, I don't know why. I will change 3 stars to 5 stars as soon as you make sure that the iOS app is equal to the macOS app which is soooo good. In the meantime, get back to work, and I'm sure you can upload a new version on the App Store very shortly. Keep up with the good work 💪💪💪

Star light breaker

Rating: 4/5

This dictation app is pretty nice, and I think it's better than several competing apps that require a subscription. I believe this approach is ideal because the local model for transcription is already quite powerful. However, I still have three concerns or suggestions. First, there needs to be more local models. The current local model, Parakeet, doesn't seem to work well for multi-language use. Although it's supposed to, it performed poorly for my specific use case, so I hope to see additional local models. Second, it currently shows a percentage usage of its default local model, but the total quota for that isn't clear. Hopefully, this can be clarified. Third, the default local model offers a language selection option. However, the other local model, Parakeet, does not allow me to select the language. Most of the time, it detects the wrong language, which also prevents the corresponding enhancement using an external API key from working. In fact, this entire review was written using this app, which already suggests its high accuracy and quality.