The answers for this were shared by Gaël in his response a couple of days back.
The option to enable is with the user. The process of removing it using commands is not recommended as it can inadvertently break other applications.
To add to the answers already given we have even released a guide on how the speech to text app works.
The guide also includes the source code of the application. Those who understand code can check that and confirm for themselves how the code works.
/e/OS from its inception has been built for the not so technical user. We allow you to use all the social media apps on this OS.
Coming to the AI world. From the little that I have seen of it I can say that in the days to come it will be a huge part of our lives. I am absolutely sure that Android 16 and above will be closely integrated with AI tools and so will all the utilities and interfaces we come across in our daily lives. For all of us it will be a challenge to adapt to the integrated world. Jobs are going to be lost and the way we interact with the world will also be via AI tools. If we like or not is a totally different matter but AI is here to stay.
For /e/OS as mentioned in the response linked above we had to find the best way ahead to convert speech into text without compromising the quality of the service offered and we went ahead with the implementation of AI but by using an anonymization proxy in between so that the data of those who want to use the tool is safe.
The /e/OS developers ensured that your data in not compromised in any way. If in spite of these responses any user still feel that your data is compromised in some way, we welcome users to check the code and let us know how it can be improved.
Again we would like to repeat that the tool can only activated by the user. By default it is not enabled.
Forceful removal of any inbuilt application is possible but not advised and users who want to do so can do it at their own risk.