Why would a 30GB+ local voice model be a win? Questioning the zero-latency tradeoff
NickPassig · x · 2026-10-25
The author questions why a local voice model requiring 30GB+ of storage would count as a win, wondering whether zero latency in conversation really justifies the footprint. A brief take on the on-device speech model tradeoff.
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