🦜 The future of voice is here: Nvidia Parakeet is out of the cage

And we are introducing a new subscription: Alter Local+

Samuel ROY & Olivier Legris
September 05, 2025

Hello,

We’re beyond excited to officially launch Parakeet v3, the blazing-fast, ultra-private AI transcription model by Nvidia.

After weeks of fine-tuning, tests, and user feedback, Parakeet is ready to revolutionize how you capture and transcribe your confidential meetings, all without ever leaving your device.

Parakeet is available to all our paid and trial users for no extra cost.

Parakeet VS WhisperPro:
A guide to help you choose the right model for you.

Olivier

Why Parakeet? The Speed Demon You’ve Been Waiting For

You asked for speed, accuracy, and most importantly, privacy — and Parakeet delivers with:

10x faster transcription than traditional Whisper models for major Western languages like English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Zero cloud uploads meaning your files and conversations stay strictly on your Mac.
Tiny footprint — Parakeet runs lean and mean with less than 500MB of storage required.
Advanced speaker diarization done locally ensuring no phantom voices in your transcripts.
Seamless real-time transcription across any meeting software—Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, WhatsApp, you name it.

Parakeet vs. Whisper: Which One Fits Your Needs?

Choose Parakeet if you work largely within English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, or related European languages and need speed + privacy.
Choose Whisper Large within Alter if you require coverage for 90+ global languages, including Asian dialects, Arabic, and specialized vocabularies, with maximum language diversity.

Parakeet supports the following languages:

Bulgarian (bg), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), Estonian (et), Finnish (fi), French (fr), German (de), Greek (el), Hungarian (hu), Italian (it), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Maltese (mt), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Romanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Ukrainian (uk)

Alter Local+

Alter Local+ is our new offering, aimed at our users that want to only use Alter in a local environment, for only $29/year.

Use Alter with your local models or BYOK
Have access to Parakeet and Whisper pro
Priority support

Your Feedback Matters

Voice is tough tech. If you experience any issues or want specific improvements, please let us know, your voice matters.

Try out the new experience today by updating Alter and start speaking with confidence.

To crisp conversations,