In addition to the current basic local Whisper model, it could be added Parakeet as ASR model option, which offers excellent performance with low-latency, especially for European languages, the primary user base of Hedy AI. Parakeet is highly efficient, requires only 1GB of storage and runs well on mid‑range devices manufactured in/since 2024, making it a valuable upgrade for improved local transcription quality, even offline. Note: An optimized speaker-identification workflow can be envision with Parakeet generated transcripts being sequentiallly processed by Sortformer, Nvidia's state of the art model for speaker diarization . Currently, Sortformer v2.1 identifies up to 4 speakers, neverthless an 8-speaker version , better suited for meetings, is in progress with an ETA in Q2 2026