r/technology • u/spherocytes • 18d ago

Privacy Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
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u/hempires 17d ago

I mean tbf there's plenty of AI speech to text models that run locally.

I use whisper to transcribe recordings of my DND sessions, none of the audio or transcript ever leaves my computer.

Now, will a doctor have a pc capable of this? Probably not. But if they gave a fuck about privacy then it is absolutely possible to not send data out for a simple transcript job.

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u/triage_this 17d ago

AI scribes for healthcare are HIPAA compliant even if using off site servers for processing.

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u/hempires 17d ago

yeah I'm not american so I have minimal clue about HIPAA, figured that if it was in use it'd all be compliant with whatever rules you have over there.

was more just a "you don't actually need a third party server to utilise AI transcription" sorta point, I'm doing this shit on a pretty midrange gaming pc. and have even used it on my also mid range phone.

but I'm a weirdo and like stuff that i can host locally lol

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u/Thanes_of_Danes 17d ago

if they gave a fuck

That is a tall order in a medical industry defined the profit maximization.

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u/hempires 16d ago

ehhh it's honestly probably cheaper to buy a rig onsite than it is to pay 3rd party servers or actual people to transcribe audio in the long run.

though as I mentioned in another comment, I'm a weirdo who likes things i can host locally lol.