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Let me ask you a question - do you also have a bunch of .mp3 and .m4a files piling up on your computer?
Maybe they're meeting recordings, lectures you've listened to, or like me, those "brilliant ideas" I frantically record on my phone when inspiration strikes in the shower.
These things keep accumulating and eventually become information black holes. When you want to find something, you have to rely on memory and listen through them one by one - the efficiency is abysmal.
"That's easy! Just use a speech-to-text API!"
Yeah, I thought the same thing at first. Those big tech companies' services do have impressive recognition rates. But after using them for two months, I realized something was wrong.
First, it's painful for the wallet. An hour-long meeting recording costs several bucks with a major provider's API. With hundreds of gigabytes in my stash, converting everything would mean giving up my monthly coffee budget.
Even worse is privacy. Some are company technical reviews, others are private communications with clients. Casually uploading these to someone else's servers? Come on, don't kid me - if this stuff leaked, I could pack up and leave right away.