Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android. - soupslurpr/Transcribro
Hi everyone this is my first post on here. I saw my other app called BeauTyXT posted here so I wondered why not post my newest app here.
Very cool, and +1 for accrescent, although an fdroid or izzy release would be nice. How does it compare to sayboard? https://github.com/ElishaAz/Sayboard
Yet another appstore… I just want to get the app. I don’t care about what stupid repository the developer prefers. This is getting out of hand. Definitely not downloading another appstore just to get this app.
Hi, you don’t need to download another app store to get Transcribro. Accrescent is not required, just recommended (because of its security properties and optional auto updates). If you read the download section, it clearly states that Transcribro is also available on GitHub releases. You could use something like Obtanium if you want to get it from GitHub releases with auto updates, or just install the apk. You don’t have to use any app store 😄
That’s great but this is Android. I don’t want to install random apks from Github. Google, Fdroid and Izzy are trusted stores that people have been using for decades. Sure, there are better stores and newer technologies. It’s great when apps distribute over these stores to. But why artificially remove options? Shouldn’t it be up to the customer (and their threat model)? Afterall, I’m getting the app from the store and not the store for the app.
Can someone enlighten me oabout the specifics of the accrescent.app appstore?
I guess it’s somewhat like Obtanium in that it fetches releases packed by the original developers, just plus an index, metadata and signing, thus more convenient and secure? I guess it’s open-source and everything? What are the unique benefits?
Have you read their FAQ at https://accrescent.app/faq ?
Sure. There isn’t any paragraph on how it compares to other appstores or why the author started the project in the first place despite several other stores being available.
So I’m looking for the selling point. (Aside from your App being available there.)
For a comparison, the developer of Accrescent has said some of the differences in an issue for adding a comparison table (it hasn’t been added yet). See https://github.com/accrescent/meta/issues/22#issuecomment-1780020882
The main selling points of Accrescent are no accounts required, unattended updates without root (on Android 12+), developers always sign their own apps, and the security properties of Accrescent which means even if Accrescent’s servers gets compromised, attackers can’t do something like replacing an existing app with their own malicious version without access to the signing key used to sign the repository metadata.
Also keep in mind Accrescent is still in early alpha and so it doesn’t have all of the features that are planned. If you’d like to see some of the planned features, please take a look at the roadmap at https://github.com/orgs/accrescent/projects/4/views/1
Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. The Github issue also is very helpful. Seems that’s exactly my answer to “Why do I need a fourth store in addition to F-Droid, AuroraStore and Obtanium” 😉
Have a nice day, thanks for the STT keyboard! I didn’t really engage in the discussion because I’m exactly in the same situation as other people here. I already have the FUTO one and Sayboard… But eventually I’d like to replace FUTO software with free software alternatives. I don’t like their licensing. So this is very welcome.
Have a nice day to you too, and your welcome! Also keep in mind Transcribro can be used the same way as you imply you’re using Sayboard with FUTO. Just saying in case you didn’t know.
I checked it out. This appstore has like 8 apps from which the majority is made by this developer. I wouldn’t even be surprised if he’s not trying to promote his app but the appstore instead. I’d not trust this store.
Please don’t spread baseless claims. The majority of the apps on Accrescent as of writing are not made by me. Only 3 out of the 12 apps are. I have already stated if you don’t want to get my app from Accrescent, then you don’t have to. There are apk files released on GitHub releases, which the download section of the README.md talks about.