Feature Request: Consider SenseVoice for faster voice-to-text
- Dominant language
- Swift
- Stars
- 2.9k
- Forks
- 226
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
## Feature Request
Hex converts voice to words. Suggesting [SenseVoice](https://github.com/FunAudioLLM/SenseVoice) as a model option for faster transcription.
### Why SenseVoice?
- **Non-autoregressive** — instant results
- **5x faster than Whisper** — lower latency between speaking and seeing text
- **234M params** — lightweight
- **50+ languages** — multilingual
- **macOS ready** — via [Sherpa-ONNX](https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx) Swift bindings with Apple Silicon optimization
- FunASR: https://github.com/modelscope/FunASR (16.6K stars)
- SenseVoice: https://github.com/FunAudioLLM/SenseVoice (8.3K stars)
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Research direction
Start by inspecting the existing Swift transcription and Whisper integration, then review the linked SenseVoice and Sherpa-ONNX projects and their macOS Swift bindings. Done means SenseVoice is available as a model option and provides faster voice-to-text transcription on Apple Silicon.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100