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OK, this is great. Just found an #iOS equivalent of #MacWhisper and it’s free. Not sure if it always is, but it certainly is right now.
It’s #Accessible and works well with #VoiceOver.

#Aiko by Sindre Sorhus

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/aiko/id1672085276


‎Aiko

‎High-quality on-device transcription. Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more. The transcription is powered by OpenAI's Whisper running locally on your device. The audio never leaves your device.
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#accessible #ios #voiceover #macwhisper #aiko

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rooktallon
rooktallon
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What's Mac Whisper?
in reply to Andre Louis

rooktallon
rooktallon
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😀 Uhhh, at the risk of going in circles, what is it that this app does that Mac Whisper also does?
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@rooktallon Transcribes speech to text better than Siri or Google likely ever will. Can export that to subtitles for youtube videos etc. Click the link and you can read about it for yourself. Easier than me trying to explain it.
@rooktallon
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rooktallon
rooktallon
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Can I just tell you how much I love how specific I have to be every time I ask you a question? I don't know if it's a British thing but I like it.
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Bryan Smart
Bryan Smart
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I'll check it out, but the old bit about "if you're not the customer, you're the product" applies. Apps cost money to make and maintain. If they aren't selling you the app, they're selling your data to someone else.
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@bryansmart Read their practices I guess, you're likely used to such things. I already paid for MacWhisper so won't be using this too often, but it's there.
@Bryan Smart
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Bryan Smart
Bryan Smart
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Ah, my mistake. Thought this was a Chat GPT thing. Is just a transcript maker. Nice, I guess, but I don't have a use for one.
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@bryansmart No, this is just transcription. I want to be more inclusive, so started using #MacWhisper for my youtube videos, so it's great for me.
#macwhisper @Bryan Smart
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Simon Jaeger
Simon Jaeger
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There's a medium model that's half the size and almost as accurate in English, so I wish it supported that. Otherwise, this looks really useful. I have a shortcut that sends audio files to the Whisper API but that isn't free, and it's obviously not as private. Thanks for this.
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Michael Marshall
Michael Marshall
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This program has a Mac version as well where you can download many different models. Very impressive in my particular use cases so far.
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Andre Louis
Andre Louis
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@TheVoiceGuy You can with Mac Whisper too, I just bought Mac Whisper pro to support the dev.
@Michael Marshall
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Michael Marshall
Michael Marshall
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ahh, I didn’t know they had a pro version. What’s it like? Expensive?
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