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Large language models have given AI the edge it has today, but one of their more obscure uses is improved voice dictation. We saw a version of it in Gboard, which lets you talk to your phone in natural language and have it convert your speech into text, complete with emoji and punctuation. I rely on a standalone tool called Wispr Flow to achieve similar results on my Mac and avoid typing out long texts and emails.
I always thought that since Google is already so good with voice dictation on Android through Gboard, a Google tool for desktop would wipe the floor with anything else on the market. But as it turns out, I was completely wrong. Google’s AI Edge Eloquent works along the same lines as Wispr Flow, with the only exception that it performs much worse — so much so that it’s mostly unusable for any kind of serious work.
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What is Google AI Edge Eloquent?
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• Dictate and edit text via AI Edge Eloquent (new to Mac)
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Google AI Edge Eloquent is an offline voice dictation tool that works without the internet, using Gemma — Google’s class of language models that run entirely on-device. On your first installation, you will be asked to download a basic offline model with support for 2 billion parameters. If your laptop has more than 16GB of RAM, you can even download a 12-billion-parameter model for better performance. Since my Mac falls into the first category, I ran my tests using the 2-billion-parameter model. Edge Eloquent is available on iOS and macOS, but not on Android, which is understandable since Gboard’s advanced voice dictation feature already does the trick.
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