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Android: Default to a larger voice typing model - #12352

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Summary

This pull request changes the default voice typing model from whisper-base-q8_0 to whisper-small-q8_0.

The small-q8_0 model is larger than base-q8_0 and has better accuracy. This is particularly important for non-English languages (e.g. French) that have low accuracy with the base model. However, transcription with this model is slower. See the model release page for more details.

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Android 13:

  1. Open a note.
  2. Start voice typing.
  3. Verify that the dialog shows "Downloading English language files..."
  4. Verify that after the model finishes downloading it's possible to start voice typing.

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personalizedrefrigerator commented May 27, 2025

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Converting to a draft — with English-language input, the small-q8_0 model has been observed to occasionally insert "It's a note taking application." when it should insert nothing. This may be due to the prompt included with the model.

Update: This seems to be roughly just as much of an issue as with the base-q8_0 model, so is not a regression.

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