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Requirements

Echophrase runs on a wide range of hardware. The default model is tuned to feel fast on a mid-range gaming GPU; a smaller “Lite” variant runs on machines with no dedicated GPU at all.

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System

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GPU acceleration

Echophrase auto-detects the fastest available device on first launch — there is nothing to configure.
We dropped CUDA support to escape “requirements hell” — matching the right NVIDIA driver, the right CUDA Toolkit version, and the right cuDNN version turned every install into a multi-step yak-shave. DirectML is built into Windows, runs on every modern GPU regardless of vendor, and gives us the same wins for transcription workloads with none of the install pain. Native CPU and Apple Metal cover the rest.

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Supported models

Pulled directly from the desktop app’s model registry — these are the exact models that ship today. For the default Parakeet-TDT model we recommend an RTX 3080 or better. Parakeet Lite runs comfortably on integrated graphics or any older NVIDIA card — you do not need a dedicated GPU to use Echophrase.
More models on the way. We’re evaluating additional Whisper variants and multilingual voice models. Want to vote on what ships next? Join the Discord.