Symphonics

Parakeet does not allow you to specify a language for transcription. However, we have succeeded in making this possible by inserting a special token. There are still some small issues, but once we have overcome them, it will be possible to transcribe in a specific language. Of course, the model itself remains multilingual, so it may not be possible to transcribe in a single language, but it...

We've started distributing FFTrans Parakeet, a fully offline transcription app for macOS. It's completely free, runs entirely offline, and includes speaker diarization using the latest parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 model. No cloud, no tracking—just fast, local processing. On a Mac Studio M2 Max (32GB), it transcribed a 6-minute BBC clip in just over 30 seconds, including speaker separation. It can...