running Google speech locally with no external server?

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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?

Google speech API, Using Google Speech API, Android: Speech Recognition without using google server and several other resources say/hint "no".

this will be for voice to text. my input is the speech from the microphone, output is that speech in text.

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.

TIA.

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EDIT: i'm looking for something that also runs on desktop-- Windows and not just on Android.

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I believe your question is answered in this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/17616994/… – Gerald Schneider
@GeraldSchneider i'll look up jellybean - thx for the useful link. any further info on how it can be integrated? it's 2 yrs old and is talking about a lot of issues upfront. – ashley

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The user can download an offline speech recognition package, jellybean (API 16) only. Currently at least 9% of devices are less than API 16 and therefore will not be compatible with your application. In addition to the 9% some devices do not have offline speech recognition enabled due to hardware constraints.

Please note that offline speech recognition is likely to be a battery and processor expensive feature.