Offline First Application With Progressive Enhancement

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whisper-web — AI demo on HuggingFace

Unique: Combines service workers for request interception with IndexedDB for model persistence, creating a fully offline-capable application that requires internet only for initial setup. Implements cache versioning strategy to manage model updates while maintaining offline functionality.

vs others: Provides true offline capability without cloud fallback, unlike hybrid approaches (e.g., Deepgram, AssemblyAI) which require internet for core functionality and only cache results locally.