LLM Models

The LLM Models screen is where cloud providers and their API keys live. Cloud features are bring-your-own-key (BYOK): you add your own key and pay the provider directly — Ultra Whisper adds no markup and isn't in the data path.

Providers

LLM cleanup

• Groq — fast, low-cost cleanup. The default LLM provider.
• OpenAI — GPT-5 family models.
• Anthropic — Claude models (Haiku / Sonnet).
• Gemini — Google Gemini models.
• DeepSeek — DeepSeek V4.

Cloud speech-to-text

• OpenAI and Groq — each uses one key for both speech-to-text and LLM cleanup.

Enter each provider's key on this screen. Keys are stored securely in your macOS Keychain, never in plain files.

Using a provider in a Profile

Keys are configured here once, then selected per Profile:

• In a Profile, set the LLM Provider and LLM Model to use cleanup.
• Set the Voice Provider to OpenAI or Groq to use cloud speech-to-text.

See Intro to Profiles.

Privacy

With local Whisper and no LLM cleanup, nothing leaves your Mac. When you opt into a cloud provider, only that step's data (audio for cloud speech-to-text, or the transcript for LLM cleanup) is sent directly to that provider under their terms — never through Ultra Whisper's servers.