Can Open-Source AI Bring Translation Back Under User Control? (opens in new tab)

submitted by Most AI translation tools rely on cloud services. Audio leaves your device, gets processed elsewhere, and comes back translated. As open speech recognition, translation, and TTS models continue to improve, it feels increasingly possible to build communication tools that run on infrastructure users actually control. That’s one of the ideas behind PolyTalk, an open-source translation platform we’re building. Privacy, ownership, and transparency may soon matter as much as model qual...