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Writing about local speech models, desktop companions, and keeping your notes yours.

  • Why transcription runs on your Mac

    On-device speech recognition is now good enough, small enough and fast enough that sending audio to a server is a choice, not a requirement.

  • A desktop pet that does not need you

    Streaks, sad faces and nudges are how software extracts attention. A companion that lives on your screen all day has to be built the other way round.

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