# AI on the device itself — for free

> In the app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, Captions from speech and Remove background run right on the device and cost nothing; the cloud at cost is still an option.

Source: https://docs.slicer.media/en/changelog/device-ai/

## Where AI runs

The **Captions from speech** and **Remove background** sheets have a new **Where AI runs** row:

-   **On device** · free — your phone, tablet or Mac recognizes speech and separates the person from the background with Apple's models;
-   **In the cloud** · price — an AI service at cost, as before.

The result is the same: word-by-word captions on the clips, the person on a blurred frame or a colored background. Progress shows above the preview — **Recognizing speech on the device** or **Separating the person from the background** with a percentage. If it fails on the device, the sheet opens again — try again or pick the cloud.

The preselected option comes from the new **Profile** → **Where AI runs** card. The device handles videos uploaded from it, and the language has to be set — **Detect** is cloud-only. On the web AI runs in the cloud, and the device option is labeled **In the app**.

In the project history such work is marked **on the device**.

[Captions from speech](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/editor/speech/#where) · [Remove background](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/ai/remove-background/#where) · [Where AI runs](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/account/preferences/#ai-where)