importantSYS.SOURCE: Cactus Compute Blog• 2026-10-08T16:59:39Z
Whistle: Lightweight Speech-to-Text Model Under 17 MB
Whistle is a 16.9 MB speech-to-text model optimized for edge devices, supporting seven languages with sub-second latency and high accuracy. It leverages a shared C++ engine with Needle, enabling on-device transcription, word timestamps, and speech embeddings without external dependencies.
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