What are the most ethical options for on-device speech-to-text transcription?
(Ethical here meaning both low CO2 emissions and water use, and also not trained on stolen data)
FFmpeg v8 has support for Whisper, but AFAIK the required models appear to come from OpenAI, which scores poorly on both criteria.
I know Mozilla Common Voice offers data sets, but I don't see any models.
Is such a thing possible?
Most transcription apps send your audio to a server. We don't do that. The
AI runs on your device. Your recordings stay on your device.
Free on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Mac coming soon.
Go download it and try it.
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Built something I think some of you may find useful: WhisperWeb
It’s a web app for turning audio into text quickly and simply in the browser. Great for voice notes, interviews, rough transcripts, and idea capture.
You can check it out here: https://whisperweb.app
I’d love to hear what you think.
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#AI is doing (almost) all of it now. 🤖
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My injured finger is still too sore to do any typing. Luckily, #VoiceInk, an #opensource dictation app has been coming in clutch for Mac input needs while my finger heals.
It does the audio #transcription/processing locally (which is the only way I think voice data should be managed). I tried it out with the free trial and it's been surprisingly accurate and easy to use.
I recommend it if you're into dictation apps and I'd trust this more than Apple's built-in dication.
Alternative transcription initiation, splicing and polyadenylation generate extensive transcript diversity in eukaryotes, but its evolutionary significance has been disputed. This study analyses 166 transcriptomes across 75 metazoan species to show that transcript diversity generally decreases with effective population size, supporting the view that most transcript diversity reflects deleterious RNA processing errors rather than adaptive functions.
Here are some of the ones we've heard of; the options are a bit overwhelming. If you've used any of these (or others) and could share your thoughts on use cases or limitations, that would be so helpful!
https://amical.ai/
https://ethic8.com/ - Canadian but not open source
https://meetily.ai
https://openwhispr.com/
https://epicenter.so/whispering/
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What's everyone's favourite meeting transcription software that's not Otter.ai?
I'd love to hear your recommendations for specific open-source data-secure transcription software for video-conference (and in-person) meeting notes! It needs to be suitable for grassroots orgs, particularly folks who prefer not to self-host.
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