Are there any open-source or paid apps/shareware/freeware that can:
- Transcribe word-by-word in real time as audio is recorded
- Work entirely locally
- Use relatively recent open-source local models?
I've been using otter.ai for real-time meeting transcriptions - letting me multitask and instantly catch up if I'm asked a question by skimming the most recent few seconds worth of the transcript - but it's far from perfect and occasionally their real-time service has significant transcription delays, not to mention it requires internet connectivity.
Most of the Whisper-based apps out there, though, as well as (when I last checked) the whisper.cpp demo code, require an entire recording to be ingested at once. There are others that rely on e.g. Apple's dictation frameworks, which is a bit dated in capability at the moment.
- Transcribe word-by-word in real time as audio is recorded
- Work entirely locally
- Use relatively recent open-source local models?
I've been using otter.ai for real-time meeting transcriptions - letting me multitask and instantly catch up if I'm asked a question by skimming the most recent few seconds worth of the transcript - but it's far from perfect and occasionally their real-time service has significant transcription delays, not to mention it requires internet connectivity.
Most of the Whisper-based apps out there, though, as well as (when I last checked) the whisper.cpp demo code, require an entire recording to be ingested at once. There are others that rely on e.g. Apple's dictation frameworks, which is a bit dated in capability at the moment.
Anything folks are using out there?