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macOS and iOS can do that to with the baked in dictation. Globe key + D on Mac

dwayne_dibley 6mo ago
yup, this is how I 'type'
dust42 6mo ago
When you activate it you agree that your voice input is sent to Apple. As far as I understand this project runs fully locally. Up to you to decide for whatever suits your needs best.
- stingraycharles 6mo ago
  Where did you get from that the voice input is sent to Apple / the cloud? As far as I understand Apple’s voice model runs locally for most languages. Siri commands can be used for training, but is also executed locally and sent to Apple separately (and this can be disabled).
  - angristan 6mo ago
    I couldn't believe it either but when you enable it the settings of macOS you get this popup: > When you dictate text, information like your voice input and contact names are sent to Apple to help your Mac recognize what you’re saying.
    - wat10000 6mo ago
      Elsewhere it says: "When you use Dictation, your device will indicate in Keyboard Settings if your audio and transcripts are processed on your device and not sent to Apple servers. Otherwise, the things you dictate are sent to and processed on the server, but will not be stored unless you opt in to Improve Siri and Dictation." And: "Dictation processes many voice inputs on your Mac. Information will be sent to Apple in some cases." In conclusion... I think they're trying to cover all their bases, but it sounds like things are processed locally as long as the hardware can handle it.
- victorbjorklund 6mo ago
  No, that is not correct. It is running one hundred percent local. You can try it by turning off internet on your phone and try running it then. However, the built in model isn't as good, so this is probably better.
nidnogg 6mo ago
Nothing comes close to LLM transcription though. I just tried this. I said "globe key dictation, does this work?". Here's the transcription, verbatim: "Fucking dictation, does this work"

yup, this is how I 'type'

When you activate it you agree that your voice input is sent to Apple. As far as I understand this project runs fully locally. Up to you to decide for whatever suits your needs best.

stingraycharles 6mo ago
Where did you get from that the voice input is sent to Apple / the cloud? As far as I understand Apple’s voice model runs locally for most languages. Siri commands can be used for training, but is also executed locally and sent to Apple separately (and this can be disabled).
- angristan 6mo ago
  I couldn't believe it either but when you enable it the settings of macOS you get this popup: > When you dictate text, information like your voice input and contact names are sent to Apple to help your Mac recognize what you’re saying.
  - wat10000 6mo ago
    Elsewhere it says: "When you use Dictation, your device will indicate in Keyboard Settings if your audio and transcripts are processed on your device and not sent to Apple servers. Otherwise, the things you dictate are sent to and processed on the server, but will not be stored unless you opt in to Improve Siri and Dictation." And: "Dictation processes many voice inputs on your Mac. Information will be sent to Apple in some cases." In conclusion... I think they're trying to cover all their bases, but it sounds like things are processed locally as long as the hardware can handle it.
victorbjorklund 6mo ago
No, that is not correct. It is running one hundred percent local. You can try it by turning off internet on your phone and try running it then. However, the built in model isn't as good, so this is probably better.

nidnogg 6mo ago

Nothing comes close to LLM transcription though. I just tried this. I said "globe key dictation, does this work?". Here's the transcription, verbatim: "Fucking dictation, does this work"