Qwen's new live-translate model puts heat on Wispr Flow and Fireflies
Necessary-Garlic-704 · reddit · 2026-09-22
Qwen launched a 3.8 live-translate model covering the core functionality of Wispr's Notetaker. The author still finds Wispr better at real-time speaker attribution, but Qwen's entry intensifies an already crowded transcription/note-taking space — and it remains to be how former major player Fireflies responds as foundation-model vendors compete directly with note-taking apps.
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