Hands-On: How Apple’s New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription

By John Voorhees writing for Macstories:

What stood out above all else was Yap’s speed. By harnessing SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber on-device, the command line tool tore through the 7GB video file a full 55% faster than MacWhisper’s Large V3 Turbo model, with no noticeable difference in transcription quality.

Impressive!