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Glossary

Term Meaning in Synthezia
Local Mode The default path that uses local Whisper and the bundled local Ollama runtime after required models are available.
External API The optional OpenAI-compatible provider mode. It changes the boundary for generation and provider-aware embeddings.
Whisper model A local whisper.cpp model file used to transcribe audio.
Ollama model A local model used by the bundled Ollama runtime for summaries and chat.
Embedding A vector representation used to retrieve related session or transcript content for search and chat.
Session A local record for imported media or a live recording, including processing state and derived content.
Transcript The text returned by local Whisper from normalized audio.
Summary mode The instruction structure used to organize generated summary output.
Global index Local text and vector search data built from session content for cross-session retrieval.
Loopback A network address that points back to the same device; Synthezia uses it for its local Ollama runtime.
Model requirement The dialog shown when an action needs a local model that is not installed.