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Alpha of a Speech to Text iOS App (Feature Requests Welcome)

Alpha of a Speech to Text iOS App (Feature Requests Welcome)

by kgarten·Mar 2, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemCozy

Offline voice-to-text for iOS, but Otter, Apple Notes, and Whisper alternatives exist.

Strengths
  • •True on-device inference with Metal GPU acceleration avoids cloud lock-in entirely.
  • •Dual-engine choice (Whisper vs Apple Speech) for speed/accuracy tradeoff is thoughtful.
  • •Minimal, focused UI with no account friction gets users recording immediately.
Weaknesses
  • •Voice-to-text is solved: Otter.ai (cloud), Apple Notes (built-in), Whisper Web all work today.
  • •Tiny/Medium Whisper models have limited accuracy; no evidence this beats Apple's native engine.
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

iPhone/iPad users who want fast, private voice transcription without cloud services.

Similar To

Otter.ai · Apple Notes · Tldraw Whisper integration

Post Description

As the title says, I have been playing a bit with whisper.cpp and the Apple Speech to Text models and put out a small demo app.

Wondering where to go from here. I was thinking to remove the ads form the free version and add an AI summary to the payed one.

Ideas welcome. Btw, source code is here: https://github.com/kkai/aimemo

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