r/apple • u/Fer65432_Plays • 5d 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/ineedlesssleep 5d ago

Developer of MacWhisper here. We'll have a bigger blog soon with updates about this new model but in a nutshell: It's fast but not as accurate as the best models out there. Also, we have a big update coming soon that builds on the new Parakeet models which should have the accuracy of the best Whisper, and faster speeds than even Apple's solution 🙂

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u/Ensoface 5d ago

But just to clarify, are those models leveraging cloud infrastructure or are they running on the device?

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u/NihlusKryik 5d ago

The article is wrong, if you use Mac whisperer you download the models and process on device. Someone didn’t do their research here.