Voice AI company Speechify has just released a native Windows application which uses locally stored models to enable dictation in all applications and reading of articles, documents or PDFs using its voice library.
The company takes over Wispr Flow, Willow and Superwhisper which also provide cross-platform dictation and transcription apps.
Speechify said the Windows app does voice processing entirely on-device on Copilot+ PCs (which have NPUs from AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm) and other Windows 11 PCs that have GPUs from Intel and AMD.
The app has three models running on the device: neural text-to-speech, real-time voice activity detection, and transcription powered by Whisper. Users can configure the app to switch to cloud-based models or even switch between them during use.
The company, which is over 50 million userssaid VITS Neural can generate audio at seven different speed presets, allowing users to have the app read aloud documents or web pages. The company uses the Silero open source model to detect voice activity.
“More than a billion people on this planet use Windows. With this release of Windows, we’re ensuring that reading, and now writing, is never an obstacle, no matter what device you use or how you prefer to work. We’re especially excited about the business opportunity given how many professionals have requested Speechify on their PCs,” said Cliff Weitzman, founder and CEO of Speech.
Last month, the company launched Granola-like meeting transcriptbut this feature was limited to browser-based meetings. Now that the company has apps on all platforms, it will likely bring this feature to native apps to transcribe meetings in any app or browser.
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Until a few years ago, Speechify was largely focused on text-to-speech use cases, such as reading articles and emails and creating podcast documents. Lately, the company has been trying to become a full-stack voice app for users, launching dictation, meeting transcription and voice assistant.
