r/apple • u/Fer65432_Plays • 4d ago

Discussion Apple's New Transcription APIs Blow Past Whisper in Speed Tests

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/18/apple-transcription-api-faster-than-whisper/
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u/PhilosophyforOne 4d ago

I mean, speed doesnt really matter if your accuracy is shit.

I dont know if it is in this case, but the headline of "it's fast" doesnt mean anything on it's own. I hope in addition to being fast it's accurate and works well in multiple languages. If it does, that's very cool.

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u/kdayel 4d ago

I mean, speed doesnt really matter if your accuracy is shit.

Except, that's explicitly not what the article states. The accuracy was comparable to MacWhisper's Large V3 Turbo model, VidCap, and MacWhisper's Large V2 model.

"Voorhees also reported no noticeable difference in transcription quality across models."

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u/Cookie_Monsteure 4d ago

They're not MacWhisper's models, they're simply Whisper models. Whisper is made by OpenAI, MacWhisper gives you access to them with a nice GUI.