Why won't Google open source its STT models while startups ship SOTA open voice models?
techtotechbytechy · reddit · 2026-09-11
A Redditor observes that startups like Fish Audio keep shipping SOTA open-source speech-to-text models while giants like Google refuse to open theirs. The argument: sending voice data to cloud STT services raises privacy and security concerns, so users should at least get open voice models or local deployment — a sign of real market demand for open STT.
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