Comment by busymichael

Building a voice recorder/transcription/summarization app where everything runs on-device. No cloud, no uploads, no servers processing your audio.

Started with a web version using WebAssembly Whisper to validate the idea. Worked well enough to prove demand, but browser sandbox limits (no background recording, inconsistent model performance) pushed me to go native.

Rebuilt as an iOS/macOS app with CoreML. Apple Silicon handles Whisper-class models locally without issues, but its confined to recent devices.

I'm working on e2ee sync between web and mobile. I want to build a simplenotes but for audio transcription.

Try the web version at: https://basilai.app/app