macinjosh
Joined 16 years ago
Joined 16 years ago
Image files are processed locally in the browser. It removes the C2PA signals from them directly.
Text inputs use an open model (Nemotron) on OpenRouter with Zero Data Retention enabled, no logging of inputs or outputs is done on this site or by OpenRouter or their providers.
It is 100% free to use and is ad-network free.
100% free and local.
It can struggle with proper nouns but will return something phonetically similar.
My main gripe is that it requires a separate model download per language. I understand the why they did this (to save disk space). But it makes multi-lingual audio hard to transcribe unless you know ahead of time the languages in the audio.
As an app developer the biggest win from using Apple's model is I don't have to bundle it in my app so my app looks much smaller. If a user has many transcription apps each one could have their own model. If Apple's model is used only one copy is needed.
The civil engineer who builds a great suspension bridge probably looks down on the one who builds a bridge over a irrigation ditch in a rural county using a big metal pipe covered with dirt.
Much like you may look down on train builders who make the novelty trains for kids parks.
Software engineering happens to be useful everywhere and most stuff in life is low stakes and the economics do not exist to make it perfect.
However, in aerospace, banking, and other high stakes industries software engineering projects are met with the rigor that is called for.