Looking for somthing on android preferably something on fdroid.
They’re free for now because the API they use is in beta… We don’t know if it’ll remain free.
Like most things in life theres no free cpu cycles. They all have a cost somehow
It insists it need to send notifications for it to work. I get it needs the microphone, but it won’t work without notification permissions.
I don’t get this at all
Note that the clients being FOSS is of little relevance because all they do is forward a recording to a blackbox proprietary service run by a for-profit company.
The code that has access to your audio and does the actual task at hand is not FOSS in the slightest.
I love FOSS but honestly why does this need to be FOSS?
It is an app that has access to both your microphone and the internet.
If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear. Just publish the code.
They may have nothing to hide but they have IP to protect to stay in business. What a ridiculous thing to say.
Why does it need to be proprietary?