Cloudless
Productivity
voice dictation
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RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Transcribes well
From 1 comment
Transcribes great. Two things. - The warmpup takes a couple minutes. I'm guessing it's downloading the local model in the meantime. I'm not sure if there was a reminder in the…
alviso on HN
Objections
Slow warmup of a couple minutes
From 1 comment
Transcribes great. Two things. - The warmpup takes a couple minutes. I'm guessing it's downloading the local model in the meantime. I'm not sure if there was a reminder in the…
alviso on HN
Heavy memory use running a 1B parameter model locally
From 1 comment
I used it but noticed that it puts a lot of load on my memory and it's running a 1 billion parameter model all locally
Devyansh_raj on HN
Slower than Wispr Flow
From 1 comment
Working good so far. It's slower than wispr flow
davidoduk on HN
No source code link despite open-source claim
From 2 comments
You say it's open source, but don't provide any link to the source code at all
mondov on HNTrue
Devyansh_raj on HN
Requests
Streaming transcription while speaking
From 1 comment
Transcribes great. Two things. - The warmpup takes a couple minutes. I'm guessing it's downloading the local model in the meantime. I'm not sure if there was a reminder in the…
alviso on HN
Questions
Does it use AI and need a local model download
From 1 comment
I like the concept. If it's truly offline, does it use AI? Do users have to download a local model?
davidoduk on HN
Alternatives named
Wispr Flow
From 2 comments
Working good so far. It's slower than wispr flow
davidoduk on HNTranscribes great. Two things. - The warmpup takes a couple minutes. I'm guessing it's downloading the local model in the meantime. I'm not sure if there was a reminder in the…
alviso on HN