Apple Intelligence's real-time transcription is twice as fast as OpenAI's Whisper, a similar technology.
A tool called Yap was developed by MacStories writer John Voorhees using Apple's SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber frameworks.
Apple's technology excels in transcribing spoken words and outperforms competitors like OpenAI and MacWhisper.
Yap transcribed a seven-gigabyte 4K video file into subtitles in just 45 seconds, while MacWhisper took 3 minutes and 55 seconds.
Apple Intelligence uses its own large language models for transcription, providing impressive live translation and transcription features on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26.
Live translation capabilities are integrated into various parts of the system, like the Phone app for translating calls and Notes app for saving call transcriptions.
Live captions are displayed on FaceTime video calls using Apple Intelligence.
Messaging apps translate outgoing messages into foreign languages in real-time.
The Music app features real-time lyric translation powered by Apple Intelligence.
Apple's speech frameworks are available for third-party developers for implementation in their apps.
OpenAI's Whisper is also available for third-party development and powers various AI apps, including MacWhisper.