Nova-3 speech recognition moves on-device to Snapdragon NPUs

Deepgram announced an initiative to run its Nova-3 speech recognition directly on PCs with Snapdragon X Series processors. The work targets Qualcomm's Hexagon neural processing unit, a processor for AI workloads, so audio can be transcribed on the device without a cloud connection. The July 21 announcement describes this as an effort for developers and device manufacturers.

The intended change is where recognition happens. Deepgram says running locally avoids the delays and privacy concerns of cloud voice AI and works without a connection. The announcement describes a development direction and gives no availability date and no latency figures for the on-device version; the accuracy numbers it quotes are for Nova-3 generally.