The VoiceBoard open build has been discontinued

The public source repository and its two release-candidate APKs were withdrawn on 3 October 2026. There will be no stable release, public updates or issue tracker for this build.

Updated October 3, 2026

Why the public build ended

The experiment produced no verified users, outside contributions, issues, stars, forks or useful referral traffic. Maintaining a second distribution would split attention from the version people actually use, so we closed the official source and download channel and returned development to one private working repository.

The code that was published remains covered by the Apache 2.0 licence under which it was received. Closing our repository cannot revoke that licence or delete copies someone downloaded while the repository was public. It only means that we no longer distribute or maintain an official open build.

Privacy for an already installed open build

The following describes the discontinued release candidates already in circulation. It does not describe the current RuStore edition.

• The recording goes to the recognition address selected in the app. The discontinued build has no VoiceBoard account or recognition backend.
• There is no analytics or telemetry in that build.
• Dictation history stays on the phone and can be cleared there.
• The API key is held in encrypted Android storage and is not intentionally written to logs.
• If a proxy is enabled, HTTPS still terminates at the recognition provider; a CONNECT proxy can see the destination and traffic volume, not the key, recording or transcript.
• The selected recognition provider's own terms and privacy policy govern what it does with the audio.

The supported VoiceBoard version

VoiceBoard 0.8 in RuStore remains supported. It is a separate package signed with its original store key, uses the VoiceBoard backend, and keeps existing accounts, balances and purchases. Closing the public experiment did not disable that app or its service.