title: running Google speech locally with no external server?
body: <p>just not to miss out, is there a way to run Google speech locally without having to go to Google server-- without even an internet connection?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12721436/google-speech-api">Google speech API</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21808192/using-google-speech-api">Using Google Speech API</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4396046/android-speech-recognition-without-using-google-server">Android: Speech Recognition without using google server</a> and several other resources say/hint "no".</p>
  
  <p>this will be for voice to text. my input is the speech from the microphone, output is that speech in text. </p>
  
  <p>Note: i'm aware of Sphinx among some other speech recognizers. i'll bring it up in another Q. this Q is out of interest in Google-speech for performance reasons.   </p>
  
  <p>TIA. </p>
  
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  <p>EDIT: i'm looking for something that also runs on desktop-- Windows and not just on Android. </p>