Privacy, models and API keys
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Rooster works on your Mac. These guides cover the few things that do not, and the models that make that possible. Rooster is in beta, and these guides describe the app its testers are using now.
What leaves your Mac, and when
Rooster edits on your Mac, and your recordings are never uploaded. These are the few times it uses the network, what each sends, and how to avoid them.
The speech model is a one-time download
Why Rooster downloads a speech model the first time you transcribe, what it means for your privacy, and what to do if the download fails or you are offline.
Transcribe with your own OpenAI-compatible key
Use a cloud transcription service in Rooster with your own API key - OpenAI or a compatible one - and what you give up against transcribing on your Mac.
Generate B-roll with your own fal.ai key
Create a short AI-generated clip from a text prompt in Rooster, billed to your own fal.ai account, and have it placed on the B-roll lane at the playhead.
Transcribe with Whisper instead of Parakeet
Switch Rooster's on-device transcription to Whisper for languages Parakeet does not cover, choose a Whisper model file, and speed it up with the Neural Engine.