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An hour of audio transcribed in about 13s on MacBook Air

The article explains a technique that uses an embedding model for speech recognition, processing one hour of audio in about 13 seconds on a MacBook Air.

Key points

  • •A method for repurposing an embedding model as a speech recognition model is introduced.
  • •One hour of audio can be processed in about 13 seconds on a base model MacBook Air.
  • •Processing is executed in the device's local environment (on-device).
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