Developer open-sources ThumbFree for on-device, offline phone dictation
11/10/2026 — 11/10, 09:16·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- A developer released ThumbFree, an open-source app that runs the NVIDIA Parakeet 0.6B speech model locally on phones. It gives Android and i…
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On 2026-11-10 at 08:17, a developer posted in the Reddit community LocalLLaMA about an open source app called ThumbFree. The project runs NVIDIA's Parakeet 0.6B speech model entirely on the phone, offering voice typing for Android and iPhone without uploading audio to any server. According to the post, the model is downloaded once, after which the app keeps working even in airplane mode, and the accompanying video shows the Android build first followed by the iPhone build. The app is listed on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=io.github.kabrapratik28.thumbfree and on the Apple App Store at https://apps.apple.com/app/id6817631006, while the source code along with speed and accuracy tests are published on GitHub at https://github.com/kabrapratik28/ThumbFree. The body of the original post cuts off partway through the Android section, so the actual speed and accuracy figures are not stated in the available material.
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A developer has released ThumbFree, an open-source app that runs NVIDIA's Parakeet 0.6B speech model on the phone itself for voice typing on Android and iPhone without sending audio to a server. After a one-time model download it works even in airplane mode, and the code plus speed and accuracy tests are on GitHub.
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