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Ben Nortier
Personal blog · bjnortier.comprogrammingai
Ben Nortier's personal blog at bjnortier.com covers programming and ai. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “CoreML added to Whisper.cpp – x7 speedup”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts about Hello Transcribe, an iOS app that uses OpenAI Whisper for transcription, including a 2023 update that added dictation. Comments only link to these posts and do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- CoreML added to Whisper.cpp – x7 speedup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-13
What Hacker News says?
Update: https://www.bjnortier.com/2023/04/13/Hello-Transcribe-v2.2.h... The iPhone 14 runs Whisper model faster than an M1 Max, because it has a newer Neural Engine I look forward to the M3 Macbook launch eagerly, while expecting mild disappointment
Comment linking /2023/04/13/Hello-Transcribe-v2.2.html
on “Anthropic’s $5B, 4-year plan to take on OpenAI”Submitted CoreML added to Whisper.cpp – x7 speedup as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSee also: 2023 update that adds dictation: https://www.bjnortier.com/2023/01/05/Hello-Transcribe-With-D...
Comment linking /2023/01/05/Hello-Transcribe-With-Dictate.html
on “Hello Transcribe – OpenAI Whisper on iOS (2022)”Submitted Hello Transcribe – OpenAI Whisper on iOS (2022) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion