diff --git a/.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch b/.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch
index fad02b5f03..e9cf2395fa 100644
--- a/.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch
+++ b/.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ index 6afcbbf0cc8ca2d69dd78077d61e59a90b2136bb..9f8d72b4ec5b2b3d290975d6a255917c
  def kotlin_version = getExtOrDefault('kotlinVersion')
  
 diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativevosk/VoskModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativevosk/VoskModule.kt
-index 0e2b6595b1b2cf1ee01c6c64239c4b0ea37fce19..f3da440bc2863a59db6d2d1691c54d8d4870cb3f 100644
+index 0e2b6595b1b2cf1ee01c6c64239c4b0ea37fce19..5a8539b9cce8951967640dba755e29a4e3ff404a 100644
 --- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativevosk/VoskModule.kt
 +++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativevosk/VoskModule.kt
 @@ -19,13 +19,25 @@ class VoskModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactContextBaseJavaMo
@@ -66,7 +66,25 @@ index 0e2b6595b1b2cf1ee01c6c64239c4b0ea37fce19..f3da440bc2863a59db6d2d1691c54d8d
        sendEvent("onResult", text)
      }
    }
-@@ -153,6 +165,25 @@ class VoskModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactContextBaseJavaMo
+@@ -93,12 +105,11 @@ class VoskModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactContextBaseJavaMo
+   @ReactMethod
+   fun loadModel(path: String, promise: Promise) {
+     cleanModel();
+-    StorageService.unpack(context, path, "models",
+-      { model: Model? ->
+-        this.model = model
+-        promise.resolve("Model successfully loaded")
+-      }
+-    ) { e: IOException ->
++    
++    try {
++      this.model = Model(path);
++      promise.resolve("Model successfully loaded")
++    } catch (e: IOException) {
+       this.model = null
+       promise.reject(e)
+     }
+@@ -153,6 +164,25 @@ class VoskModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactContextBaseJavaMo
      cleanRecognizer();
    }
  
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/README b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/README
deleted file mode 100644
index ce22e30d78..0000000000
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-French small model for Vosk
-
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-%WER 19.30 [ 2975 / 15412, 683 ins, 672 del, 1620 sub ] exp/chain_a/tdnn/decode_test_mtedx/wer_10_0.0
-%WER 27.25 [ 20208 / 74145, 2647 ins, 5852 del, 11709 sub ] exp/chain_a/tdnn/decode_test_podcast_reseg/wer_10_0.0
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/am/final.mdl b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/am/final.mdl
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deleted file mode 100644
index 12fdad4ed9..0000000000
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/conf/mfcc.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---use-energy=false
---sample-frequency=16000
---num-mel-bins=40
---num-ceps=40
---low-freq=40
---high-freq=-200
---allow-upsample=true
---allow-downsample=true
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/conf/model.conf b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/conf/model.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e66bcae8f0..0000000000
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/conf/model.conf
+++ /dev/null
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---min-active=200
---max-active=7000
---beam=13.0
---lattice-beam=4.0
---acoustic-scale=1.0
---frame-subsampling-factor=3
---endpoint.silence-phones=1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9:10
---endpoint.rule2.min-trailing-silence=0.5
---endpoint.rule3.min-trailing-silence=1.0
---endpoint.rule4.min-trailing-silence=2.0
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/Gr.fst b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/Gr.fst
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deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/disambig_tid.int
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/phones/word_boundary.int b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/phones/word_boundary.int
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/graph/phones/word_boundary.int
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/final.dubm b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/final.dubm
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/final.mat b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/final.mat
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/global_cmvn.stats b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/global_cmvn.stats
deleted file mode 100644
index 23cafcb5fd..0000000000
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/global_cmvn.stats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
- [
-  1.022245e+11 -6.33291e+09 -2.480997e+09 8.290258e+09 -9.084483e+09 -8.092173e+09 -1.4735e+10 -7.041795e+09 -1.171205e+10 -2.976464e+08 -1.009425e+10 -6765179 -7.821326e+09 1.449499e+09 -6.413975e+09 -5.303802e+08 -4.998635e+09 9.521598e+07 -3.073041e+09 1.56756e+08 -1.287956e+09 1.738752e+08 -2.382392e+08 -2.716675e+07 4.404485e+08 -1.913359e+08 7.780919e+08 -4.006922e+08 7.895809e+08 -5.401082e+08 5.17605e+08 -6.227134e+08 6.58271e+08 -6.204593e+07 5.187754e+08 -4.497048e+08 4.219366e+07 -2.78742e+08 -1.797385e+07 -3.604475e+07 1.053647e+09 
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/online_cmvn.conf b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/online_cmvn.conf
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/splice.conf b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/splice.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 960cd2e4c2..0000000000
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/ivector/splice.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---left-context=3
---right-context=3
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/uuid b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/uuid
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr/uuid
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Note.tsx b/packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Note.tsx
index a08fc913cd..c9798fad9a 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Note.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Note.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { NoteEntity } from '@joplin/lib/services/database/types';
 import Logger from '@joplin/lib/Logger';
 import VoiceTypingDialog from '../voiceTyping/VoiceTypingDialog';
 import { voskEnabled } from '../../services/voiceTyping/vosk';
+import { isSupportedLanguage } from '../../services/voiceTyping/vosk.android';
 const urlUtils = require('@joplin/lib/urlUtils');
 
 // import Vosk from 'react-native-vosk';
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ class NoteScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent {
 		});
 
 		// Voice typing is enabled only for French language and on Android for now
-		if (voskEnabled && shim.mobilePlatform() === 'android' && currentLocale() === 'fr_FR') {
+		if (voskEnabled && shim.mobilePlatform() === 'android' && isSupportedLanguage(currentLocale())) {
 			output.push({
 				title: _('Voice typing...'),
 				onPress: () => {
@@ -1307,7 +1308,7 @@ class NoteScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent {
 
 		const renderVoiceTypingDialog = () => {
 			if (!this.state.voiceTypingDialogShown) return null;
-			return <VoiceTypingDialog onText={this.voiceTypingDialog_onText} onDismiss={this.voiceTypingDialog_onDismiss}/>;
+			return <VoiceTypingDialog locale={currentLocale()} onText={this.voiceTypingDialog_onText} onDismiss={this.voiceTypingDialog_onDismiss}/>;
 		};
 
 		return (
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/VoiceTypingDialog.tsx b/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/VoiceTypingDialog.tsx
index 285a9a4199..5684ec59bc 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/VoiceTypingDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/components/voiceTyping/VoiceTypingDialog.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { Banner, ActivityIndicator } from 'react-native-paper';
-import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+import { Banner, ActivityIndicator, Modal } from 'react-native-paper';
+import { _, languageName } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
 import useAsyncEffect, { AsyncEffectEvent } from '@joplin/lib/hooks/useAsyncEffect';
 import { getVosk, Recorder, startRecording, Vosk } from '../../services/voiceTyping/vosk';
 import { IconSource } from 'react-native-paper/lib/typescript/src/components/Icon';
+import { modelIsDownloaded } from '../../services/voiceTyping/vosk.android';
 
 interface Props {
+	locale: string;
 	onDismiss: ()=> void;
 	onText: (text: string)=> void;
 }
@@ -16,30 +18,39 @@ enum RecorderState {
 	Recording = 2,
 	Processing = 3,
 	Error = 4,
+	Downloading = 5,
 }
 
-const useVosk = (): [Error | null, Vosk|null] => {
+const useVosk = (locale: string): [Error | null, boolean, Vosk|null] => {
 	const [vosk, setVosk] = useState<Vosk>(null);
 	const [error, setError] = useState<Error>(null);
+	const [mustDownloadModel, setMustDownloadModel] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
 
 	useAsyncEffect(async (event: AsyncEffectEvent) => {
+		if (mustDownloadModel === null) return;
+
 		try {
-			const v = await getVosk();
+			const v = await getVosk(locale);
 			if (event.cancelled) return;
 			setVosk(v);
 		} catch (error) {
 			setError(error);
+		} finally {
+			setMustDownloadModel(false);
 		}
-	}, []);
+	}, [locale, mustDownloadModel]);
 
-	return [error, vosk];
+	useAsyncEffect(async (_event: AsyncEffectEvent) => {
+		setMustDownloadModel(!(await modelIsDownloaded(locale)));
+	}, [locale]);
+
+	return [error, mustDownloadModel, vosk];
 };
 
 export default (props: Props) => {
 	const [recorder, setRecorder] = useState<Recorder>(null);
 	const [recorderState, setRecorderState] = useState<RecorderState>(RecorderState.Loading);
-
-	const [voskError, vosk] = useVosk();
+	const [voskError, mustDownloadModel, vosk] = useVosk(props.locale);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		if (voskError) {
@@ -49,6 +60,12 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
 		}
 	}, [vosk, voskError]);
 
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (mustDownloadModel) {
+			setRecorderState(RecorderState.Downloading);
+		}
+	}, [mustDownloadModel]);
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		if (recorderState === RecorderState.Recording) {
 			setRecorder(startRecording(vosk, {
@@ -60,7 +77,7 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
 	}, [recorderState, vosk, props.onText]);
 
 	const onDismiss = useCallback(() => {
-		recorder.cleanup();
+		if (recorder) recorder.cleanup();
 		props.onDismiss();
 	}, [recorder, props.onDismiss]);
 
@@ -69,6 +86,7 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
 			[RecorderState.Loading]: () => _('Loading...'),
 			[RecorderState.Recording]: () => _('Please record your voice...'),
 			[RecorderState.Processing]: () => _('Converting speech to text...'),
+			[RecorderState.Downloading]: () => _('Downloading %s language files...', languageName(props.locale)),
 			[RecorderState.Error]: () => _('Error: %s', voskError.message),
 		};
 
@@ -80,6 +98,7 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
 			[RecorderState.Loading]: ({ size }: { size: number }) => <ActivityIndicator animating={true} style={{ width: size, height: size }} />,
 			[RecorderState.Recording]: 'microphone',
 			[RecorderState.Processing]: 'microphone',
+			[RecorderState.Downloading]: ({ size }: { size: number }) => <ActivityIndicator animating={true} style={{ width: size, height: size }} />,
 			[RecorderState.Error]: 'alert-circle-outline',
 		};
 
@@ -87,16 +106,18 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
 	};
 
 	return (
-		<Banner
-			visible={true}
-			icon={renderIcon()}
-			actions={[
-				{
-					label: _('Done'),
-					onPress: onDismiss,
-				},
-			]}>
-			{`${_('Voice typing...')}\n${renderContent()}`}
-		</Banner>
+		<Modal visible={true} style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'flex-end' }}>
+			<Banner
+				visible={true}
+				icon={renderIcon()}
+				actions={[
+					{
+						label: _('Done'),
+						onPress: onDismiss,
+					},
+				]}>
+				{`${_('Voice typing...')}\n${renderContent()}`}
+			</Banner>
+		</Modal>
 	);
 };
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
index 5cfc155e4d..c126dfb154 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -483,7 +483,15 @@ PODS:
     - React-Core
   - RNVectorIcons (9.2.0):
     - React-Core
+  - RNZipArchive (6.0.9):
+    - React-Core
+    - RNZipArchive/Core (= 6.0.9)
+    - SSZipArchive (~> 2.2)
+  - RNZipArchive/Core (6.0.9):
+    - React-Core
+    - SSZipArchive (~> 2.2)
   - SocketRocket (0.6.0)
+  - SSZipArchive (2.4.3)
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
   - YogaKit (1.18.1):
     - Yoga (~> 1.14)
@@ -577,6 +585,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - RNSecureRandom (from `../node_modules/react-native-securerandom`)
   - RNShare (from `../node_modules/react-native-share`)
   - RNVectorIcons (from `../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons`)
+  - RNZipArchive (from `../node_modules/react-native-zip-archive`)
   - Yoga (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga`)
 
 SPEC REPOS:
@@ -595,6 +604,7 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - libevent
     - OpenSSL-Universal
     - SocketRocket
+    - SSZipArchive
     - YogaKit
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
@@ -724,6 +734,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-share"
   RNVectorIcons:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons"
+  RNZipArchive:
+    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-zip-archive"
   Yoga:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga"
 
@@ -804,7 +816,9 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNSecureRandom: 07efbdf2cd99efe13497433668e54acd7df49fef
   RNShare: d82e10f6b7677f4b0048c23709bd04098d5aee6c
   RNVectorIcons: fcc2f6cb32f5735b586e66d14103a74ce6ad61f8
+  RNZipArchive: 68a0c6db4b1c103f846f1559622050df254a3ade
   SocketRocket: fccef3f9c5cedea1353a9ef6ada904fde10d6608
+  SSZipArchive: fe6a26b2a54d5a0890f2567b5cc6de5caa600aef
   Yoga: e7ea9e590e27460d28911403b894722354d73479
   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/package.json b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
index e4eebfd4ca..41ebabfda6 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "react-native-version-info": "1.1.1",
     "react-native-vosk": "0.1.12",
     "react-native-webview": "12.4.0",
+    "react-native-zip-archive": "6.0.9",
     "react-redux": "7.2.9",
     "redux": "4.2.1",
     "rn-fetch-blob": "0.12.0",
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.android.ts b/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.android.ts
index 9b30a0594f..a0b911c166 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.android.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.android.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
+import { languageCodeOnly } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
 import Logger from '@joplin/lib/Logger';
+import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
 import Vosk from 'react-native-vosk';
+import { unzip } from 'react-native-zip-archive';
+import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
+const md5 = require('md5');
+
 const logger = Logger.create('voiceTyping/vosk');
 
 enum State {
 	Idle = 0,
 	Recording,
+	Completing,
 }
 
 interface StartOptions {
 	onResult: (text: string)=> void;
 }
 
-let vosk_: Vosk|null = null;
+let vosk_: Record<string, Vosk> = {};
+
 let state_: State = State.Idle;
 
 export const voskEnabled = true;
@@ -23,12 +31,113 @@ export interface Recorder {
 	cleanup: ()=> void;
 }
 
-export const getVosk = async () => {
-	if (vosk_) return vosk_;
-	vosk_ = new Vosk();
-	const result = await vosk_.loadModel('model-fr-fr');
+const supportedLanguages = {
+	'en': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15.zip',
+	'cn': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-cn-0.22.zip',
+	'ru': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-ru-0.22.zip',
+	'fr': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-fr-0.22.zip',
+	'de': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-de-0.15.zip',
+	'es': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-es-0.42.zip',
+	'pt': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-pt-0.3.zip',
+	'tr': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-tr-0.3.zip',
+	'vn': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-vn-0.4.zip',
+	'it': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-it-0.22.zip',
+	'nl': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-nl-0.22.zip',
+	'uk': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-uk-v3-small.zip',
+	'ja': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-ja-0.22.zip',
+	'hi': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-hi-0.22.zip',
+	'cs': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-cs-0.4-rhasspy.zip',
+	'pl': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-pl-0.22.zip',
+	'uz': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-uz-0.22.zip',
+	'ko': 'https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/vosk-model-small-ko-0.22.zip',
+};
+
+export const isSupportedLanguage = (locale: string) => {
+	const l = languageCodeOnly(locale).toLowerCase();
+	return Object.keys(supportedLanguages).includes(l);
+};
+
+// Where all the models files for all the languages are
+const getModelRootDir = () => {
+	return `${RNFetchBlob.fs.dirs.DocumentDir}/vosk-models`;
+};
+
+// Where we unzip a model after downloading it
+const getUnzipDir = (locale: string) => {
+	return `${getModelRootDir()}/${locale}`;
+};
+
+// Where the model for a particular language is
+const getModelDir = (locale: string) => {
+	return `${getUnzipDir(locale)}/model`;
+};
+
+const languageModelUrl = (locale: string) => {
+	const l = languageCodeOnly(locale).toLowerCase();
+	if (!(l in supportedLanguages)) throw new Error(`No language file for: ${locale}`);
+	return (supportedLanguages as any)[l];
+};
+
+export const modelIsDownloaded = async (locale: string) => {
+	const uuidFile = `${getModelDir(locale)}/uuid`;
+	return shim.fsDriver().exists(uuidFile);
+};
+
+export const getVosk = async (locale: string) => {
+	if (vosk_[locale]) return vosk_[locale];
+
+	const vosk = new Vosk();
+	const modelDir = await downloadModel(locale);
+	logger.info(`Loading model from ${modelDir}`);
+	await shim.fsDriver().readDirStats(modelDir);
+	const result = await vosk.loadModel(modelDir);
 	logger.info('getVosk:', result);
-	return vosk_;
+
+	vosk_ = { [locale]: vosk };
+
+	return vosk;
+};
+
+const downloadModel = async (locale: string) => {
+	const modelUrl = languageModelUrl(locale);
+	const unzipDir = getUnzipDir(locale);
+	const zipFilePath = `${unzipDir}.zip`;
+	const modelDir = getModelDir(locale);
+	const uuidFile = `${modelDir}/uuid`;
+
+	if (await modelIsDownloaded(locale)) {
+		logger.info(`Model for ${locale} already exists at ${modelDir}`);
+		return modelDir;
+	}
+
+	await shim.fsDriver().remove(unzipDir);
+
+	logger.info(`Downloading model from: ${modelUrl}`);
+
+	await shim.fetchBlob(languageModelUrl(locale), {
+		path: zipFilePath,
+	});
+
+	logger.info(`Unzipping ${zipFilePath} => ${unzipDir}`);
+
+	await unzip(zipFilePath, unzipDir);
+
+	const dirs = await shim.fsDriver().readDirStats(unzipDir);
+	if (dirs.length !== 1) {
+		logger.error('Expected 1 directory but got', dirs);
+		throw new Error(`Expected 1 directory, but got ${dirs.length}`);
+	}
+
+	const fullUnzipPath = `${unzipDir}/${dirs[0].path}`;
+
+	logger.info(`Moving ${fullUnzipPath} =>  ${modelDir}`);
+	await shim.fsDriver().rename(fullUnzipPath, modelDir);
+
+	await shim.fsDriver().writeFile(uuidFile, md5(modelUrl));
+
+	await shim.fsDriver().remove(zipFilePath);
+
+	return modelDir;
 };
 
 export const startRecording = (vosk: Vosk, options: StartOptions): Recorder => {
@@ -110,8 +219,9 @@ export const startRecording = (vosk: Vosk, options: StartOptions): Recorder => {
 			});
 		},
 		cleanup: () => {
-			if (state_ !== State.Idle) {
+			if (state_ === State.Recording) {
 				logger.info('Cancelling...');
+				state_ = State.Completing;
 				vosk.stopOnly();
 				completeRecording('', null);
 			}
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.ios.ts b/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.ios.ts
index 08a33d8250..02cb0e3296 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/services/voiceTyping/vosk.ios.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ export interface Recorder {
 	cleanup: ()=> void;
 }
 
-export const getVosk = async () => {
+export const isSupportedLanguage = (_locale: string) => {
+	return false;
+};
+
+export const modelIsDownloaded = async (_locale: string) => {
+	return false;
+};
+
+export const getVosk = async (_locale: string) => {
 	return {} as any;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts b/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
index b2a1809c64..f87bddea34 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/utils/fs-driver-rn.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ export default class FsDriverRN extends FsDriverBase {
 		return RNFS.moveFile(source, dest);
 	}
 
+	public async rename(source: string, dest: string) {
+		if (isScopedUri(source) || isScopedUri(dest)) {
+			await RNSAF.rename(source, dest);
+		}
+		return RNFS.moveFile(source, dest);
+	}
+
 	public async exists(path: string) {
 		if (isScopedUri(path)) {
 			return RNSAF.exists(path);
diff --git a/packages/lib/locale.ts b/packages/lib/locale.ts
index 49493c23ca..c50aa5c055 100644
--- a/packages/lib/locale.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/locale.ts
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ function languageNameInEnglish(languageCode: string) {
 	return codeToLanguageE_[languageCode] ? codeToLanguageE_[languageCode] : '';
 }
 
-function languageName(languageCode: string, defaultToEnglish: boolean = true) {
+function languageName(canonicalName: string, defaultToEnglish: boolean = true) {
+	const languageCode = languageCodeOnly(canonicalName);
 	if (codeToLanguage_[languageCode]) return codeToLanguage_[languageCode];
 	if (defaultToEnglish) return languageNameInEnglish(languageCode);
 	return '';
@@ -603,4 +604,4 @@ const stringByLocale = (locale: string, s: string, ...args: any[]): string => {
 	}
 };
 
-export { _, _n, supportedLocales, currentLocale, localesFromLanguageCode, languageCodeOnly, countryDisplayName, localeStrings, setLocale, supportedLocalesToLanguages, defaultLocale, closestSupportedLocale, languageCode, countryCodeOnly };
+export { _, _n, supportedLocales, languageName, currentLocale, localesFromLanguageCode, languageCodeOnly, countryDisplayName, localeStrings, setLocale, supportedLocalesToLanguages, defaultLocale, closestSupportedLocale, languageCode, countryCodeOnly };
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-android.ts b/packages/tools/release-android.ts
index 20fddd58d2..79e522eb7d 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-android.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/release-android.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ async function createRelease(projectName: string, name: string, tagName: string,
 			content = content.replace(/\s+"react-native-vosk": ".*",/, '');
 			return content;
 		});
-
-		await patcher.removeFile(`${rnDir}/android/app/src/main/assets/model-fr-fr`);
 	}
 
 	if (name === 'vosk') {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7e90d9fb9b..02ca98b9ff 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4425,6 +4425,7 @@ __metadata:
     react-native-version-info: 1.1.1
     react-native-vosk: 0.1.12
     react-native-webview: 12.4.0
+    react-native-zip-archive: 6.0.9
     react-redux: 7.2.9
     redux: 4.2.1
     rn-fetch-blob: 0.12.0
@@ -27380,11 +27381,11 @@ __metadata:
 
 "react-native-vosk@patch:react-native-vosk@npm%3A0.1.12#./.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch::locator=root%40workspace%3A.":
   version: 0.1.12
-  resolution: "react-native-vosk@patch:react-native-vosk@npm%3A0.1.12#./.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch::version=0.1.12&hash=b82215&locator=root%40workspace%3A."
+  resolution: "react-native-vosk@patch:react-native-vosk@npm%3A0.1.12#./.yarn/patches/react-native-vosk-npm-0.1.12-76b1caaae8.patch::version=0.1.12&hash=5deb2c&locator=root%40workspace%3A."
   peerDependencies:
     react: "*"
     react-native: "*"
-  checksum: 9451534de711f28274e117087a2c27266ee60ffc46723136841669c02345fd5644333a204c98c18d82e2c4221bb65906ac20529fd63fdcd5439c8aad86710e3b
+  checksum: ca31cf6345f422b778c18bc2365f5114ab2c3e20214e684bbb77220e6476cd877bb5c256d88070b2235f01714e8cd8e5bee999b854894b066d31834b9b17dca4
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -27401,6 +27402,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"react-native-zip-archive@npm:6.0.9":
+  version: 6.0.9
+  resolution: "react-native-zip-archive@npm:6.0.9"
+  peerDependencies:
+    react: ">=16.8.6"
+    react-native: ">=0.60.0"
+  checksum: 96c83864a596fcd8a82f55a01fa5e97822c9e80c7cf55de6b011a27cc436fbf58371207cb61c63b19dbd22b852ee62b95935358b4b9a73686695133dffdcfe27
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "react-native@npm:0.70.6":
   version: 0.70.6
   resolution: "react-native@npm:0.70.6"