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Betterflo

On-device dictation in eleven Indian languages, in any Android app. No account.

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Status
Live
Category
Voice
Platforms
  • Android
  • AI
Play Store image: “Free, offline, forever.” The home screen, ready to dictate, with words dictated this week.

Dictation recognised on the device.

Typing on a phone is slow, and slower still for people who move between languages. Betterflo is an Android dictation app for India-first, bilingual users, including people who speak Hinglish and switch language mid-sentence.

Speech is recognised on the device, through a floating mic that works over any app or through the Betterflo keyboard. The speech model is matched to what each phone can run, and once it has been downloaded, dictation works without a connection.

Who it is for.

  • Bilingual Android users

    Dictating Hindi, English or Hinglish into chat and email on mid-range and budget phones.

  • Privacy-conscious professionals

    Dictating email and notes with recognition kept on the device.

  • Power users

    Using snippets, a personal dictionary and voice commands to write faster.

  • People with poor connectivity

    Dictation keeps working with a weak connection or none.

What it does.

Shipped capabilities only. Planned work is listed separately, under “On the roadmap.”

  • Eleven languages

    Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, including switching language mid-sentence.

  • Floating mic over any app

    A mic bubble over the current app inserts text at the cursor, using an Android accessibility service.

  • The Betterflo keyboard

    A full keyboard with word suggestions and a mic beside the space bar. It needs no accessibility permission.

  • Recognition sized to the phone

    Recognition runs on the phone, with a model matched to its memory and processor. On the lowest tier, dictation is English only.

  • Fix, Tone, Rewrite and Translate

    A keyboard action bar reworks the text in a field on the device. Rewrite needs a small downloaded model and is not offered on the smallest phones.

  • Write out in English

    Speech in an Indian language can be written out as English text.

  • Personal dictionary

    Names, brands and terms, stored on the device and encrypted at rest.

  • Snippets and voice commands

    Say a trigger word to insert saved text, and use spoken commands for punctuation and formatting.

  • History on your terms

    Keep no dictation history, keep it for 24 hours, or keep it until you delete it.

How it works.

  1. Choose a surface

    Turn on the floating mic, which asks for display-over-apps and accessibility access with a disclosure first, or enable the Betterflo keyboard.

  2. Grant the microphone

    Each permission is explained before it is requested.

  3. Download the speech model

    Pick languages and download the model for your phone’s tier. The app warns before a large download on a metered connection.

  4. Speak in any app

    Tap the mic and speak. Text is recognised on the device and inserted at the cursor; password and one-time-code fields are excluded.

Screens.

Images from the Google Play listing.

  • Play Store image: Speak Hinglish, get clean text: dictating into a chat with the betterflo keyboard.
  • Play Store image: The floating mic: dictating into any app from a mic that sits over it.
  • Play Store image: Language settings: Hindi, Hinglish and English active among eleven Indian languages.
  • Play Store image: Privacy settings: on-device processing, with cloud fallback and usage analytics as toggles.
  • Play Store image: Cleanup settings: choose word-for-word, tidy or polished output.
  • Play Store image: The personal dictionary, teaching betterflo names, brands and jargon.
  • Play Store image: Voice commands such as “new line”, “full stop” and “send”.

Privacy and data.

Dictation is processed on the phone. Usage analytics and crash reports are on by default and can be turned off in Settings.

  • Audio, dictated text, history, the personal dictionary and snippets are processed and stored on the device and are not transmitted.
  • Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics are on by default. Turning usage analytics off in Settings → Privacy also deletes what was already collected.
  • The advertising ID is not collected.
  • The accessibility service reads only the field being dictated into, and only when the mic is tapped.
  • No account and no ads.

Availability and specification.

Status
Live
Availability

Includes applied AI.

Resources
Category
Voice
Business model

On-device dictation is free. An optional Pro tier, priced for India, is to be announced; no paid plan is available yet.

Built with
  • Kotlin Multiplatform
  • Compose Multiplatform
  • sherpa-onnx
  • whisper.cpp
  • LiteRT
  • Firebase

Questions about Betterflo.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Once the speech model is downloaded, dictation runs on the phone and works without a connection.

Does my voice go to the cloud?

No. Audio and text are processed on the device. Anonymous usage analytics and crash reports are on by default and can be turned off in Settings.

Do I have to grant accessibility permission?

Only for the floating mic. The Betterflo keyboard provides the same dictation without it.

Which phones does it run on?

64-bit (arm64) Android phones, including budget models. Features depend on the phone’s tier, and the lowest tier is English only.

Is it free?

Yes, on-device dictation is free. An optional Pro tier will be announced later.

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Get Betterflo.

On-device dictation in eleven Indian languages, in any Android app. No account.

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