You say “Thanks.” The network says “Hold on.”
Cloud flows typically include multiple handshakes (TLS/DNS) and at least one remote hop. For very short phrases, this setup time can dominate. On‑device dictation avoids the detours entirely: your audio stays local, text appears immediately, and there’s nothing to upload.
See the effect in the interactive demo (choose Short and try different networks): /blog/latency-demo
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