content: TobiBoard runs its AI on-device, and it was never submitted to IzzyOnDroid - #51
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…to IzzyOnDroid The site described both AI features as bring-your-own-key only. They have defaulted to the on-device engines for a while: Parakeet TDT 0.6B through sherpa-onnx for dictation, Qwen 2.5 through MediaPipe for text fix, with cloud providers as the opt-in alternative. Reframed across the project page, both language versions of the Gboard comparison, the app tagline, llms.txt, /now and /uses, and noted the honest cost (a few hundred megabytes per model, and a phone is slower than a datacentre). Also removed the project page's claim that an IzzyOnDroid inclusion request was submitted and in review. It was never submitted: the release APK is roughly four times their per-app size limit and the bundled speech and LLM runtimes are prebuilt binaries they do not accept. Replaced with a note on why the app ships outside F-Droid's main repository.
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Two problems with what the site says about TobiBoard.
The AI features are described as cloud-only
Every surface said the voice-to-text and text fix "only run when you add your own
OpenRouter or PayPerQ key". They have defaulted to the on-device engines for a
while:
PREF_AI_PROVIDERdefaults tolocal, dictation runs Parakeet TDT 0.6Bthrough sherpa-onnx, and text fix runs Qwen 2.5 through MediaPipe. No account, no
key, works in aeroplane mode. Cloud providers are the opt-in alternative, not the
only path.
Reframed across all seven surfaces so the site is self-consistent, and stated the
cost plainly rather than only the upside: each model is a one-time download of a
few hundred megabytes, and a phone is slower than a datacentre.
A claim that was never true
The project page said "IzzyOnDroid: inclusion request submitted, in review". It
was never submitted and the app is not eligible: the release APK is roughly four
times their per-app size limit, and the bundled speech and LLM runtimes are
prebuilt binaries they do not accept. Removed, and replaced with a short note on
why the app ships outside F-Droid's main repository.
Files
src/content/projects/TobiBoard/index.md— rewritten AI section, IzzyOnDroidline removed, clipboard manager mentioned, frontmatter description updated
src/content/blog/{en,de}/tobiboard-vs-gboard/index.md— comparison row, AIsection and conclusion, both languages
src/consts.ts,public/llms.txt— app taglinesrc/content/staticPages/now.md,uses.md— the "bring-your-own-key foreverything" framing, plus the on-device LLM line
Google Play is deliberately not mentioned: only the internal test track is live.
Test plan
pnpm buildclean, 82 pages, 1758 internal links checked, none brokenpnpm lintclean