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Scrib

On-device voice transcription. Your audio never leaves your phone.
New in version 0.9
• Added silence skipping so recordings with long pauses finish sooner
• Added paragraph breaks to long transcripts
• Improved speed by using the processor instructions your phone supports
• Fixed transcription running on only a few of the processor cores on many phones
• Added a universal download that runs on all processor architectures
Scrib turns speech into text entirely on your device, using open Whisper speech models. Nothing is uploaded — the app only goes online to download a model you choose.

Two ways to use it

• Transcribe your own audio. Pick any audio file on your phone and get the text, right in the app, fully offline.

• A transcription engine for other apps. Scrib also runs in the background. Apps that support it — such as Forkgram — can turn a voice message into text through Scrib, on your device. In that app's settings, choose Scrib as the offline transcriber.

Models

Scrib transcribes with open Whisper speech models. Download one on the main screen, or pick your language and Scrib fetches a suitable one. Larger models are more accurate but slower and bigger to download; keep several and switch any time. You can also add any whisper.cpp-compatible model by direct link, or import a .bin from your device. Models are downloaded separately and are not bundled in the app.

Privacy

Transcription runs 100% on device. Your voice messages never leave your phone. The only network access is downloading a speech model you pick.

For developers

Any app can use Scrib as an offline transcriber through the open Open Transcribe contract (org.opentranscribe.api) — a small AIDL service, no SDK and no network. The contract is vendor-neutral, so apps aren't tied to Scrib: they can bind any compatible transcriber the user has installed.
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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 0.9 (9) suggested Added on Aug 11, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • org.scrib.transcriber.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 11 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version 0.8
    • Added voice keyboard that dictates into any app
    • Switch Scrib on in system keyboard settings, then press the microphone key
    • Dictated text lands where you were writing, and your keyboard comes back when you stop
  • Version 0.8 (8) - Added on Aug 05, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • org.scrib.transcriber.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 10 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version 0.7
    • Added transcription progress with estimated time left
    • Added background transcription that keeps running when you leave the app
    • Added Copy and Share while a transcription is still running
    • Improved transcript updates on long recordings
  • Version 0.7 (7) - Added on Aug 03, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • org.scrib.transcriber.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 10 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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