I tried using Google’s new offline AI dictation app — and it polished my ramblings surprisingly well

The Google AI Edge Eloquent iPhone app debuted this week, albeit sans the usual fireworks for a new Google product. It's an AI-powered solution to dictation that works even without internet access.

No one speaks as clearly and cleanly as they write, and making sense of off-the-cuff thoughts narrated aloud can be tricky even when it's your own words spoken back to you.

The free dictation app leverages the company's Gemma speech recognition models to successfully write down your words. Google has a history of impressive AI transcription, so the app is an unsurprising addition to its stable.

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