FUTO Voice Input
Shares rank 15 of 26 dictation apps by recommenders
Free Android voice typing that runs fully on the device after the model downloads, and adds punctuation and capitalization without post-editing. Critics say the output still needs manual correction and results vary.
Free Android voice typing that runs fully on the device after the model downloads, and adds punctuation and capitalization without post-editing. Critics say the output still needs manual correction and results vary.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs locally, no internet needed
“It capitalizes and punctuates sentences without me needing to, and got several sentences perfect without any post-editing needed, and it's all a local model.”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” “its companion voice input app, both of which are local-only after downloading the model”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Offline voice input keyboard for Android using Nvidia's Parakeet v3” “it's better than Samsungs or Googles while it's on device”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” Good accuracy with english-74 model
“It capitalizes and punctuates sentences without me needing to, and got several sentences perfect without any post-editing needed, and it's all a local model.”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” “Perhaps you're on english-39?”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” Saves time versus typing
“It's not perfect as I have to manually do the correction like always. However, it definitely saves me some time and effort.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” “I use FUTO voice usually, but there are situations where typing out a short message is better”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 and official releases are coming soon”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Needs manual correction after dictation
“It's not perfect as I have to manually do the correction like always. However, it definitely saves me some time and effort.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model” Inconsistent, works only sometimes
“It worked smoothly sometimes and other times not.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?”
Other dictation apps people recommend
The four most recommended other dictation apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handy | 150 | 20 | 88% | 12 | 1 mo5 owners | Approved |
| Wispr Flow | 52 | 33 | 61% | 12 | — | — |
| MacWhisper | 31 | 9 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| macOS Dictation | 26 | 44 | 37% | 10 | — | — |
| FUTO Voice InputThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Exactly, thats what makes it work with FUTO stt!”
“It's not perfect as I have to manually do the correction like always. However, it definitely saves me some time and effort.”
“it's better than Samsungs or Googles while it's on device”
“I found that the english-74 is quite excellent.”
“Perhaps you're on english-39?”
“It capitalizes and punctuates sentences without me needing to, and got several sentences perfect without any post-editing needed, and it's all a local model.”
“I use FUTO voice usually, but there are situations where typing out a short message is better”
“It worked smoothly sometimes and other times not.”
“Check out the FUTO keyboard or FUTO voice input apps.”
“FUTO waits for you to finish then translates everything.”
“its companion voice input app, both of which are local-only after downloading the model”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.