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Live transcription changes what you see, not when text lands. The transcript is inserted into your app exactly once, after you stop recording. What streaming buys you is a running transcript in the overlay while you talk, plus a final insert that is close to instant because most of the work is already done.

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Which models stream

Streaming is capability-gated. The streaming worker only starts for a model that natively supports it, so it cannot be forced onto a model that would misbehave. Switching to a non-streaming model, Whisper Medium for its language coverage for example, moves you back to batch transcription automatically. See Transcription models for the full catalog.

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Turning it on and off

There is no separate live transcription switch. It follows the overlay style in Settings → General → Overlay.
  • Live. Streaming on. On a model that cannot stream, the overlay falls back to the compact pill.
  • Minimal or None. Streaming off.
Until you pick one, the setting sits in an Auto state that streams whenever the selected model supports it. Auto is the shipped default, which is why streaming already runs on a fresh install with the default model.

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Good to know

The running text renders in two shades. The committed prefix is solid, and a still-revisable tail is dimmed.Not every engine reports a revisable tail, so on some models everything you see is already committed.
If the streaming pass produces nothing, errors, or times out, SpeakoFlow falls back to transcribing the recorded audio in one batch. You never lose your words.
See The recording overlay for the full set of style and position options.
Last modified on August 7, 2026