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Embedding Gemma Transcribe brings on-device speech transcription
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On October 13, 2026, Hacker News featured Embedding Gemma Transcribe, an on-device speech transcription tool. The report says it uses Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 for transcription and processed one hour of audio in 12.6 seconds on a base M3 MacBook Air with 8 GB of memory, running entirely on the machine. The report covers only this local transcription performance, with no further test conditions or accuracy figures.
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Oct 13
- Hacker News front pageAn hour of audio transcribed in about 13s on MacBook Air
Embedding Gemma Transcribe 将 Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 用于语音转写，在基础款 M3 MacBook Air、8 GB 上用 12.6 s 处理一小时音频，全程在本机运行。
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