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minus-squareEndmaker@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoIf it has to be live (i.e. works in real-time), doing the translation in a server elsewhere is probably a bad idea due to the latency. It makes more sense to run an optimised translation model locally - ideally in the AirPods directly but if not, on the connected iPhone.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoThere’s no way airpods have the power or compute to do that (anytime soon). It’ll be via phone or mac.
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThey’ll probably use it as a way to sell the iPhone 17, claiming previous iPhones don’t have the necessary computing power, but the new processor does!!
If it has to be live (i.e. works in real-time), doing the translation in a server elsewhere is probably a bad idea due to the latency.
It makes more sense to run an optimised translation model locally - ideally in the AirPods directly but if not, on the connected iPhone.
There’s no way airpods have the power or compute to do that (anytime soon). It’ll be via phone or mac.
They’ll probably use it as a way to sell the iPhone 17, claiming previous iPhones don’t have the necessary computing power, but the new processor does!!