What is Izwi?
Izwi is a powerful, privacy-focused audio AI platform that runs entirely on your machine. No cloud services, no API keys, no data leaving your device. Key capabilities:- Voice Mode — Real-time voice conversations with AI
- Chat — Text-based AI conversations
- Transcription — Convert audio to text with high accuracy
- Voices — Manage built-in, cloned, and designed voices
- Text-to-Speech — Generate natural speech from text
- Voice Cloning — Clone any voice from a short audio sample
- Voice Design — Create custom voices from text descriptions
- Diarization — Identify and separate multiple speakers
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System Requirements
Note: Izwi is optimized for Apple Silicon Macs with Metal acceleration. NVIDIA CUDA support exists in the runtime, but artifact-level support varies by source build, Docker image, and release package. See the Runtime Support Matrix.
Getting Help
- GitHub Issues — Report bugs or request features
- Discussions — Ask questions and share ideas