Understand model recommendations
import ProductFactTable from ‘../../../components/ProductFactTable.astro’;
Outcome
Section titled “Outcome”You understand what the recommendation changes and how to choose a different model when it does not fit your use case.
How recommendations work
Section titled “How recommendations work”At runtime, Synthezia reads available memory, CPU-core count, and processor architecture. It uses those values to suggest a Whisper transcription model and an Ollama summary model. If detection is unavailable, it falls back to smaller, safer defaults.
<ProductFactTable caption=“Recommendation-related model facts” factIds={[‘machine_model_recommendations’, ‘model_whisper_small’, ‘model_whisper_large_v3_turbo’, ‘model_ollama_llama_3_2_3b’, ‘model_ollama_llama_3_1_8b’]} />
Use the recommendation safely
Section titled “Use the recommendation safely”- Accept it for the first local test if you do not have a reason to choose another model.
- Download only the models you need.
- Test a representative recording and summary on your own Mac.
- Change the default in Models if a different installed model better serves your workflow.
Important limits
Section titled “Important limits”A recommendation is a current heuristic. It does not prove system compatibility, exact download size, required disk space, speed, memory use, transcription quality, or summary quality. Keep a source recording and review all generated results.