Simon Says announced a new feature related to its AI-based transcription engine: Simon Says On-Prem lets you transcribe your valuable footage without having to upload anything to the cloud. We have already reported on the abilities of Simon Says to streamline the transcription of footage. Check out our articles here and here, as well as our coverage regarding the new Simon Says Assemble here and last but not least our interview with CEO Shamir Allibhai. Simon Says On-Prem The tagline for running Simon Says On-Prem goes like this: the efficiency of A.I. meets the security of on-prem. And it seems that we are talking about exactly that: efficiency and security. If you work in large organizations, you most likely have to adhere to strict IT security policies. Terms like SOC 2, TPN, CDSA, MPAA, and HIPAA spring to mind. So uploading a bit of footage to the cloud for transcription is not really an option in such an environment. Simon Says On-Prem solves this problem by providing a complete, self-contained software solution of its AI-based transcription service for any air-gapped computer. Exporting the transcripts. Image credit: Simon Says In order to tun Simon Says locally, you need a decently specced machine of course. The A.I. runs in the background on Mac/PC using a virtualiza- tion software like VMWare Fusion / Workstation or on a Linux computerModern computer with at least a 4-core CPU. The more cores, the greater the number of concurrent files that transcribeMinimum 16GB/Pref. 32GB of RAM and...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 8 February, 2021