f13a-6c3a I have no problem with offline voice typing while both Gboard and Speech Services by Google (SSbG) not having Network permission.

Same here with GBoard the time I tried it. I don't understand why others are having issues with GBoard, like in this thread. At the end of the day, who knows how these Google apps work.

I just tried the offline Google Translate thing. I get the same results as you.

I personally use DeepL. It also requires network access, but at least it's not a Google app so it doesn't bother me. It's not as good as Google Translate, but it still works well enough for me.

    6 months later

    f13a-6c3a Was there ever a resolution to this problem or do we just need to Allow Network Access (whether on Airplane Mode or not) at all times for Google Translate to work?

      This ils ont an issue. Google made it si deliberately. Google Offline translation is a fake. Google cannot live without peoples data.

        NewUser proofreading (saves you a lot of trouble and) is a mother of all wisdom

            f13a-6c3a Unfortunate that Google Translate needs the permission whether or not there is a network to access.

              [deleted] if it's a bug, please give us a workaround. Google translate needs internet access to work even when using its so called offline translation. You're not going to tell me this is a bug.

                17 days later

                NewUser I think that's because this release of GrapheneOS changed on how it reports absence of network permission to the app, instead of older method (not sure what it was) now system reports "API down", which, apparently, handled much gracefully by apps but the result is the same. Great work, much appreciated!

                    f13a-6c3a Indeed, fairly certain that's the case. Similar behavior was reported with Gboard when its network permission was denied (offline features not working without network permission but would work if you enabled network permission but had no connection). This change should allow that offline functionality to work without the permission now.

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                      Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but it's true that voice transcription on gboard doesn't work with revoked NETWORK authorization. But what you need to do is install Google Speech Services, download the languages, revoke Internet access, and then select " Google voice Input" each time you want to do a voice transcription (by clicking on the keyboard icon at the bottom right of the screen).

                      The icon only appears if multiple keyboards are enabled (e.g. AOSP keyboard and Gboard), I believe.