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RCLI: On-Device Voice AI for macOS with Local RAG and Vision Capabilities

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sanchitmonga22

2mo ago· 6 min readenCode

Summary

RCLI is an on-device voice AI application for macOS that provides a complete AI pipeline running locally on Apple Silicon. It features speech-to-text, large language models, text-to-speech, and vision language models all operating natively without cloud dependency. The tool offers 40 macOS voice actions, local RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for document querying, on-device vision capabilities for camera and screen analysis, and achieves sub-200ms end-to-end latency. Powered by MetalRT, a proprietary GPU inference engine optimized for Apple Silicon, RCLI enables natural voice conversations with the Mac while maintaining privacy and speed through local processing.

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RCLI is an on-device voice AI for macOS. A complete STT + LLM + TTS + VLM pipeline running natively on Apple Silicon
40 macOS actions via voice, local RAG over your documents, on-device vision (camera & screen analysis), sub-200ms end-to-end latency. No cloud, no API keys
Powered by MetalRT, a proprietary GPU inference engine built by RunAnywhere, Inc. specifically for Apple Silicon
Talk naturally — RCLI listens, understands, and responds on-device
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Talk to your Mac, query your docs, no cloud required. On-device voice AI + RAG - RunanywhereAI/RCLI

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