TranscribePsy: on-device speech recognition, including Portuguese
On October 14, 2026, Tether AI Research released TranscribePsy, a 254M-parameter speech recognition model that runs on a phone or laptop without the audio leaving the device.
Source: TranscribePsy: on-device speech recognition in 25 European languages (qvac.tether.io). Text prepared with AI from this source.
What happened and what to do
According to Tether, the model covers 25 European languages on a laptop and 8 on a phone, including Portuguese, and makes 6.58 word errors per 100 on Multilingual LibriSpeech, against 11.51 for Whisper-small. The weights are Apache 2.0, but Tether says they were released for research and education, and live streaming is not available yet.
For consultations, interviews and meetings with sensitive data, transcribing on the device avoids sending the recording to a third-party server. Before using it, test with audio in your accent and vocabulary, and confirm the terms for commercial use.
How the consultancy can help
Wendelmaques can test TranscribePsy on demand with your audio, compare quality with your current tool and integrate local transcription into your app or workflow.
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