Running Transcription Models on the Edge: A Practical Guide for Devices
Voice is the new interface but can your product handle it without the cloud? This guide explores how to bring real-time transcription to edge devices using powerful models like Whisper.cpp, Whisper-Turbo, Vosk, and DeepSpeech. Learn how to choose the right ASR model, optimize it for speed and size, and deploy it on everything from Android phones to Apple Silicon Macs. Whether you're building voice assistants, captioning apps, or offline speech tools, this article walks you through setup to get transcription working where your users are ondevice, instantly, and privately.