Comment by Supermancho

Comment by Supermancho 14 hours ago

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The Chrome Browser can transcribe audio into text, with what I consider good accuracy. It's well out of the realm of a conspiracy theory when it's been demonstrable for a couple decades.

simonw 12 hours ago

Don't forget energy usage. The phone would need to be on high power mode all the time to run those kinds of algorithms. There's a reason "Hey Siri" has dedicated low-power hardware - it means it can work without burning through the battery.

  • Supermancho 43 minutes ago

    > it can work without burning through the battery.

    It can work by burning through the battery. When you have a browser open or any number of apps, some of them are certainly detecting.