The first generation of meeting transcribers produced walls of text nobody read. The current crop runs entirely on the handset, separates speakers and emits a summary that reads like a competent colleague wrote it. Nothing leaves the device unless you share it.
The privacy angle is the product
Running locally is not just a battery story. Legal and healthcare users could not use cloud transcription at all, and they are now the fastest-growing segment. Vendors are leaning in with retention controls and on-device redaction.
Key takeaways
- Speaker separation works without cloud processing
- Regulated industries are the early adopters
- Battery cost is under 4% for an hour of audio
This story is part of our ongoing coverage of ai. We will update it as more details emerge.
