Is Voice Keyboard safe?

Voice Keyboard is a keyboard that types what you say. Switch to it in any text field, tap the microphone, speak, and the text lands in whatever app you are using. It has no speech engine of its own and no account. Bring an API key for a supported speech service, such as Groq or Mistral, or run a server of your own. Audio goes only to the endpoint you configure. Compatible Chat Completions service…

Developer: rustemar
Category: Keyboard & IME
Earliest archived version: 14 Oct 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

18 Oct 2026

1.9.9

Optional recent dictation context helps post-processing recover misheard names and terms when earlier wording strongly matches. Off by default; sends up to 5 of your own recent dictations to your chosen provider. Kept only in memory, shared across chats in the same app, and cleared on…

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15 Oct 2026

1.9.8

More dictation options: use compatible audio-capable models through a Chat Completions endpoint. Test Recording checks support for your device's audio format. Incomplete transcripts and refusals keep the recording available for retry. Choosing a post-processing provider preset now resets the…

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14 Oct 2026

1.9.7

Speech and text-processing addresses can now be plain for a server of your own on your home network; the settings warn that such an address is not encrypted. Without an API key the microphone opens the settings right away instead of recording first. Links no longer close the app on a device without…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.tyraen.voicekeyboard

Latest APK SHA-2563a5d3383117398f3feb7265353c803564351e2863e5a79f54065eb41fa4a10fd

Signing certificate59:79:91:88:EB:BA:74:89:4B:1B:41:92:8A:3A:84:56:22:14:61:D1:2F:80:89:97:84:DB:A7:57:9B:A7:A9:88

MIN ANDROID24TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.9.7 (14 Oct 2026), latest 1.9.9 (18 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.9.8 and 1.9.9.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.9.918 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.9.815 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.9.714 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions5 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessRECORD_AUDIOREQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES com.tyraen.voicekeyboard.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗