On-device vs cloud translation: the real trade-offs
On-device translation is private, free, and works offline. Cloud translation reads more naturally. How to think about the split, and how metcha decides per stage.
Blog
Notes on live translation.
How earbud translation works under the hood, what to bring on a trip, and how venues use it. Written by the people building metcha, in the same voice we use everywhere else: plain, honest, and unhurried.
-
-
Why latency makes or breaks conversation translation
Human turn-taking runs on gaps of about 200 milliseconds. Here is where a translation app's seconds go, and how much delay a real conversation can absorb.
-
How AirPods translation actually works
The four-stage pipeline behind live earbud translation, from microphone capture to translated playback, with real latency numbers at every stage.