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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by johnhtodd on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:59PM (#50347027)
This is the gate for me. I've put a deposit down, but need to see how this is going to be run locally before I'll actually pay for them. There is absolutely zero chance of me sending everything that goes to my "keyboard" to my system via a cloud, no matter how many assurances are provided. Maybe I can see that being necessary on mobile (maybe?) but on a laptop it is a full-stop "no" - I have lots of horsepower, this needs to work 100% locally. I might be OK with doing a cloud-assisted "training" interval, but once complete, there should be no requirement for network connectivity for production use.
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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by coldspoon95 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:48AM (#50351935)
Same for me. I put the deposit down but will pull out if it doesn’t come with local inference. Makes no sense for my thoughts to go to the internet. I’m ok with having slightly poor local inference quality compared to the cloud one. And one can encrypt the local inference to prevent reverse engineering the weights etc.
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