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The two models are not interchangeable. The honest breakdown of when each is the right pick.

Key takeaways
You're capturing a quick thought on the go - the kind of note you'd otherwise write three words of into a phone. The transcript is for you, not for publication. Speed matters more than accuracy. Most voice memos and journaling fall here.
The transcript will leave Sprachmemo. Interview that becomes an article. Meeting that becomes minutes the team relies on. Lecture that's the source for your exam prep. Anywhere a downstream reader will hold the text up against the audio - the 4 % gap is too embarrassing to ship.
Re-transcription is one click in the model picker on the recording row. Old runs aren't lost - the small-model transcript stays available alongside the large-model one in data.transcriptions. Useful if you want to compare or roll back to a faster version.
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