Filippo Valsorda on Nostr: MacWhisper just transcribed a video with Parakeet v3 at 66.2x realtime on my 2022 ...
MacWhisper just transcribed a video with Parakeet v3 at 66.2x realtime on my 2022 MacBook Air.
I know technology gets better but... excuse me? 66.2x locally on a laptop!?
For context, when I bought this laptop, OpenAI's Whisper didn't exist yet.
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2025-11-18 20:47:53 GMTEvent JSON
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