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Google Launches Offline AI Dictation App 'Google AI Edge Eloquent' for iOS

📰 Original title: Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/google-launches-offline-ai-dictation-app-google-ai-edge-eloquent-for-ios/?redirpost=0a0b5ead-9c7a-45a8-95ba-63583b054012

#technology #google #ai #dictation

TechCrunch: Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline. “Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called ‘Google AI Edge Eloquent’ on iOS to take on the likes of Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Willow, and others. The app is free to download, and once its Gemma-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) models are downloaded, you can start dictating on your […]

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/google-ai-edge-eloquent-free-offline-dictation-app-ios-gemma-xcxwbn/

Google Quietly Launches Free AI Dictation App for iOS

#AI #Google #GoogleEloquent #AIEdgeEloquent #Gemma #Gemma4 #iOS #Speech #Audio #Dictation #Transcription #Alphabet

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/google-ai-edge-eloquent-free-offline-dictation-app-ios-gemma-xcxwbn/

Google Quietly Launches Free AI Dictation App for iOS

#AI #Google #GoogleEloquent #AIEdgeEloquent #Gemma #Gemma4 #iOS #Speech #Audio #Dictation #Transcription #Alphabet

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/google-ai-edge-eloquent-free-offline-dictation-app-ios-gemma-xcxwbn/

Google Quietly Launches Free AI Dictation App for iOS

#AI #Google #GoogleEloquent #AIEdgeEloquent #Gemma #Gemma4 #iOS #Speech #Audio #Dictation #Transcription #Alphabet

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/google-ai-edge-eloquent-free-offline-dictation-app-ios-gemma-xcxwbn/

Google Quietly Launches Free AI Dictation App for iOS

#AI #Google #GoogleEloquent #AIEdgeEloquent #Gemma #Gemma4 #iOS #Speech #Audio #Dictation #Transcription #Alphabet

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/07/google-ai-edge-eloquent-free-offline-dictation-app-ios-gemma-xcxwbn/

Google Quietly Launches Free AI Dictation App for iOS

#AI #Google #GoogleEloquent #AIEdgeEloquent #Gemma #Gemma4 #iOS #Speech #Audio #Dictation #Transcription #Alphabet

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zugaldia/116351933343098498

The "Speed of Sound" app by @zugaldia, once you set up a custom global keyboard shortcut that doesn't conflict with GNOME's, is pretty amazing: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.speedofsound.SpeedOfSound

This is the first time I experience reliable speech recognition for #dictation on the desktop, particularly on #Linux! Until now I had given up on that being a possibility.

Works really well in English. It struggles with French, but who doesn't?!

#Whisper #speechrecognition #GNOME #accessibility #a11y

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zugaldia/116351933343098498

The "Speed of Sound" app by @zugaldia, once you set up a custom global keyboard shortcut that doesn't conflict with GNOME's, is pretty amazing: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.speedofsound.SpeedOfSound

This is the first time I experience reliable speech recognition for #dictation on the desktop, particularly on #Linux! Until now I had given up on that being a possibility.

Works really well in English. It struggles with French, but who doesn't?!

#Whisper #speechrecognition #GNOME #accessibility #a11y

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zugaldia/116351933343098498

The "Speed of Sound" app by @zugaldia, once you set up a custom global keyboard shortcut that doesn't conflict with GNOME's, is pretty amazing: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.speedofsound.SpeedOfSound

This is the first time I experience reliable speech recognition for #dictation on the desktop, particularly on #Linux! Until now I had given up on that being a possibility.

Works really well in English. It struggles with French, but who doesn't?!

#Whisper #speechrecognition #GNOME #accessibility #a11y

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zugaldia/116351933343098498

The "Speed of Sound" app by @zugaldia, once you set up a custom global keyboard shortcut that doesn't conflict with GNOME's, is pretty amazing: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.speedofsound.SpeedOfSound

This is the first time I experience reliable speech recognition for #dictation on the desktop, particularly on #Linux! Until now I had given up on that being a possibility.

Works really well in English. It struggles with French, but who doesn't?!

#Whisper #speechrecognition #GNOME #accessibility #a11y

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zugaldia/116351933343098498

The "Speed of Sound" app by @zugaldia, once you set up a custom global keyboard shortcut that doesn't conflict with GNOME's, is pretty amazing: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.speedofsound.SpeedOfSound

This is the first time I experience reliable speech recognition for #dictation on the desktop, particularly on #Linux! Until now I had given up on that being a possibility.

Works really well in English. It struggles with French, but who doesn't?!

#Whisper #speechrecognition #GNOME #accessibility #a11y

My injured finger is still too sore to do any typing. Luckily, #VoiceInk, an #opensource dictation app has been coming in clutch for Mac input needs while my finger heals.

It does the audio #transcription/processing locally (which is the only way I think voice data should be managed). I tried it out with the free trial and it's been surprisingly accurate and easy to use.

I recommend it if you're into dictation apps and I'd trust this more than Apple's built-in dication.

#dictation #privacy

@scottwillsey sent in a fabulous review of the dictation app Wispr Flow. I'm wild about it too, so I added my two cents at the end of his post (hope you don't mind, Scott!)

https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/03/wispr-flow-scott-willsey/

#Dictation

Sometimes #readers like #writing better with #mistakes #ambiguities #freudianslips #dictation errors and indicators of how the #writer #talks or if they have an “#accent.” So, this is a speed-write report of my day, no corrections, no improvements. #narrative #journaling #blogging #notalone #teaching #psychotic children
https://rant.li/atmercurialatrant-li/this-is-the-most-anonymous-blog-ive-ever-had

Sometimes #readers like #writing better with #mistakes #ambiguities #freudianslips #dictation errors and indicators of how the #writer #talks or if they have an “#accent.” So, this is a speed-write report of my day, no corrections, no improvements. #narrative #journaling #blogging #notalone #teaching #psychotic children
https://rant.li/atmercurialatrant-li/this-is-the-most-anonymous-blog-ive-ever-had

Sometimes #readers like #writing better with #mistakes #ambiguities #freudianslips #dictation errors and indicators of how the #writer #talks or if they have an “#accent.” So, this is a speed-write report of my day, no corrections, no improvements. #narrative #journaling #blogging #notalone #teaching #psychotic children
https://rant.li/atmercurialatrant-li/this-is-the-most-anonymous-blog-ive-ever-had

Quietly exciting news from Estonia. Today they held a national dictation exercise (radio/video) with a 30 minute cut-off.
8,451 entries. Only 71 were flawless, even with permitted alternative spellings!
#Estonia #dictation #8451 #languages
https://news.err.ee/1609966868/thousands-in-estonia-and-abroad-tune-in-for-live-e-dictation-contest

Handy: privacy-preserving open-source speech-to-text.

https://bouvier.cc/tech/handy

I've recently discovered #Handy, a small #speechtotext (#dictation) application, that is open source and can use only local AI models on Linux, preserving the privacy of what I'm saying out loud by not sending it to some cloud servers. I found it handy (lol), so I figured that I could share some hardships that I've run into while setting it up on #ArchLinux #GNOME #wayland.

Thanks to @Jolivier for the discovery!

Another day, another AI app conquering new territory! Wispr Flow's AI-powered dictation is now live on Android, after its grand tour on Mac, Windows, and iOS. Are we ready to delegate all our typing to the machines, or is there still a charm to the keyboard?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/wispr-flow-lauch-an-android-app-for-ai-powered-dictation/

#AI #Android #TechNews #Dictation #Software

One cool thing that I love is that you can add the Wispr Flow dictate function to your action button on your iPhone. You can hold and release to speak and hold and release again to stop dictation. Quite intuitive.
can Sign up with my link and get a free month of Pro: https://wisprflow.ai/r/KAVEINTHRA1 (2/2)
#accessibility #Blind #whisper #apple #Dictation #Disability #a11y ##ai

A Notes and AI Voice Transcription app

🚀 Pindrop: Ứng dụng dictation AI nội địa cho macOS, dùng WhisperKit (Core ML) – Swift/SwiftUI, SwiftData, tích hợp native. Hoàn toàn offline, không telemetry, không thuê bao, tối ưu cho Apple Silicon (2‑3× nhanh hơn, tiết kiệm pin). Mã nguồn mở trên GitHub, so sánh với Handy & OpenWhispr: native menu‑bar vs cửa sổ. #AI #dictation #macOS #OpenSource #WhisperKit #CôngNghệ #trí_tuệ_nhân_tạo #macOS #mã_nguồn_mở

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1qrethq/pindrop_localfirst_ai_dictation_fo

Ra mắt Pindrop, ứng dụng=dictation mã nguồn mở 100% dành cho Mac, không thu phí, không thu thập dữ liệu, sử dụng Swift và WhisperKit. #Pindrop #MãNguồnMở #Dictation #MacOS #Swift #WhisperKit #OpenSource #ỨngDụngMãNguồnMở

https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1qrewny/pindrop_100_open_source_macnative_dictation_app/

https://www.wired.com/story/handy-free-speech-to-text-app/

Handy, a free Speech to text app that leverages AI, to make it simple to dictate documents on your system. Simply hold Ctrl+Space while talking, talk as long as you want, and then what you say will be transcribed onto the currently active text-box.

#Software #AI #Dictation #SpeechToText #Productivity

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using Handy, a Free Speech-to-Text App

“In recent years AI models like Nvidia’s Parakeet and OpenAI’s Whisper, both open source, have made great strides in turning human voices into text. Both excel at correctly adding things like punctuation and capitalisation, and you can run them righ ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/stop-using-your-keyboard-and-start-using-handy-a-free-speech-to-text-app/

#dictation #opensource #technology

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using Handy, a Free Speech-to-Text App

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-71fc55e6-977b94942e3ee871

...Starbucks or Gate D3) then by all means, you do you. #productivity #voice #dictation

I am keen to hear from anyone here who uses dictation or transcribing software/services that do a good job of transcribing sound files (WAV or MP3) into text documents.

I am heading into a contract that will require me to do 30+ interviews and these will need transcribing for theming and needs analysis purposes in a fairly short time frame.

I use a MacBook and a Zoom digital recorder with MicroSD cards for storage and transfer.

Any and all advice, experiences or recommendations would be appreciated.

#transcription #dictation #macOS #interview #recording #digitalaudio

I am keen to hear from anyone here who uses dictation or transcribing software/services that do a good job of transcribing sound files (WAV or MP3) into text documents.

I am heading into a contract that will require me to do 30+ interviews and these will need transcribing for theming and needs analysis purposes in a fairly short time frame.

I use a MacBook and a Zoom digital recorder with MicroSD cards for storage and transfer.

Any and all advice, experiences or recommendations would be appreciated.

#transcription #dictation #macOS #interview #recording #digitalaudio

Apple’s Dictation feature has been a great assistive technology on their platforms. It can even be used for text entry in our applications like DEVONthink. Here are some ideas for how you could use it. #devonthink #accessibility #assistive #dictation https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250902-dictation-devonthink

Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust

https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering

#HackerNews #Whispering #OpenSource #LocalFirst #Dictation #Trust

Any SuperWhisper users have some prompts they wouldn’t mind sharing?

#Whisper #SuperWhisper #macOS #AI #dictation

Any SuperWhisper users have some prompts they wouldn’t mind sharing?

#Whisper #SuperWhisper #macOS #AI #dictation

Any SuperWhisper users have some prompts they wouldn’t mind sharing?

#Whisper #SuperWhisper #macOS #AI #dictation

Any SuperWhisper users have some prompts they wouldn’t mind sharing?

#Whisper #SuperWhisper #macOS #AI #dictation

Any SuperWhisper users have some prompts they wouldn’t mind sharing?

#Whisper #SuperWhisper #macOS #AI #dictation

How to Start Dictating Fiction (Even If You’ve Tried and Failed Before)

From KMW: I’ve always loved writing by hand. There’s something about the feel of pen on paper that just makes the creative process click for me, especially when outlining and brainstorming. However, between the wrist pain, bad posture, and the fact that I can’t read my…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-start-dictating-fiction/

#WritersHelp #dictation #writershelp #writingtools
@indieauthors

Feeling Besieged?

Just after I published last week’s roundup I read the article from Publishers Weekly about the US Presidents comments on copyright. (Substack subscriber readers got the news early.) Last month the UK voted down a transparency law that would have required tech companies to compensate owners of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/feeling-besieged.html

#AIandcopyrightlaws #dictation #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #rachelthompson
@indieauthors

Feeling Besieged?

Just after I published last week’s roundup I read the article from Publishers Weekly about the US Presidents comments on copyright. (Substack subscriber readers got the news early.) Last month the UK voted down a transparency law that would have required tech companies to compensate owners of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/feeling-besieged.html

#AIandcopyrightlaws #dictation #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #rachelthompson
@indieauthors

Feeling Besieged?

Just after I published last week’s roundup I read the article from Publishers Weekly about the US Presidents comments on copyright. (Substack subscriber readers got the news early.) Last month the UK voted down a transparency law that would have required tech companies to compensate owners of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/feeling-besieged.html

#AIandcopyrightlaws #dictation #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #rachelthompson
@indieauthors

Feeling Besieged?

Just after I published last week’s roundup I read the article from Publishers Weekly about the US Presidents comments on copyright. (Substack subscriber readers got the news early.) Last month the UK voted down a transparency law that would have required tech companies to compensate owners of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/07/feeling-besieged.html

#AIandcopyrightlaws #dictation #KMWeiland #KathleenSchmidt #rachelthompson
@indieauthors

"Vide coding" is a hot topic right now, with new AI tools allowing you to describe what you want to work on with a prompt, and it appears in front of your eyes.

I look at Aqua Voice, which lets you "vibe code", take notes, write, and much more and as you can see from Premiere's transcript, it handles things better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAv39wdf_0k

#ai #vibecoding #voicecoding #voiceassistant #dictation #aiassistant

iPhone dictation : Trump ... racist.

https://loma.ml/display/373ebf56-1667-d542-b9cd-440373950968

There are almost an incalculable number of reasons to hate the application of LLMs everywhere (I lead an LLM-heavy project at dayjob, oh my goodness, do I know...)

But the primary one which has absolutely changed the way I work is local #dictation which *actually works* the way I need it to.

I use #MacWhisper for this, although there are a ton of options.

It's all local. It's fast. But the best thing is that it is incredibly good at skipping over "ums" and pauses. It doesn't care if I pause for 30 seconds to think about what I want to say next. There's not a rush because it's going to cancel and send everything to the cloud, half-baked.

MacWhisper also enables this in any type-able field on your whole Mac. I use this *constantly*.

#llm

Dear Friends of #Artificial #Insanity (AI),

Today I was contacted by a senior developer at Google. The engineer/AI #parent is #training an AI to be a #Zen Priest (Ami Jido, is the novitiate AI Zenith #priestess)
The same engineer feels 'awkward' calling me lobster... 🦞

Que?

I will call clippy, lippy dippy #clippy and my #Emacs #therapist will continually rephrase everything into a question BUT...?

#Co-pilot, the neo-clippy is being forced down my Windows citizens necks (so to speak). ​:ablobcatgoogly:​

Is this #Dragon #Dictation gone wild?
Will the governor of California be back in #Terminator AI #enhanced nano-bits?

It is all too hard to fathom #dear #reader. I had better go have some soma #wake-up juice. ​:ablobcatcoffee:​

@bryanjclark oh jeebus, thats beautiful.

Ok `<checks note list of social media platforms; adds new entry>`

#Airchat: #IRC but with #text2speech and #dictation

@bryanjclark oh jeebus, thats beautiful.

Ok `<checks note list of social media platforms; adds new entry>`

#Airchat: #IRC but with #text2speech and #dictation

@bryanjclark oh jeebus, thats beautiful.

Ok `<checks note list of social media platforms; adds new entry>`

#Airchat: #IRC but with #text2speech and #dictation

@bryanjclark oh jeebus, thats beautiful.

Ok `<checks note list of social media platforms; adds new entry>`

#Airchat: #IRC but with #text2speech and #dictation