• Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Fantastic! I have a question regarding the app. I understand that it can translate words and text from pictures, but I also noticed a microphone feature which I assume is for voice dictation. How does the app process voice input? Is the voice data sent to a server for translation, and if so, who is responsible for handling this data?

    • Tibert@jlai.lu
      9·
      1 year ago

      There seems to be a discussion tab for questions on the git page, but it seems a bit dead in there…

      I did find a possible answer in the issues but I don’t know what it really means.

      | PS: RECORD_AUDIO? Voice input?

      Yes, exactly. But it’s only available on devices having a STT service inbuilt (so with Google services), so I don’t know if it actually works, lol.

      Fronm this I guess it either used Google online, or some local voice to text included in the Google services.

      • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for this, yeah I also looked at the privacy policy on GitHub and it was pretty well bare bones. I haven’t ever used the voice to text function nor the dictation abilities on my phone due to Google services having mostly a monopoly over crunching the data. I know that now days we are starting to see more A.I driven services, and I’d admit that I am not 100% in the know, but I’d assume that Google will be handling this part of the translation as it’s reliable and free.