Productivity · Tabnews · 🇧🇷 Brazil
Running an offline AI assistant on your iPhone
A dev built Anvil, which runs models on the device for use on a plane, on the subway or without roaming.
- Tools
- Gemma, Core ML
- Source
- tabnews.com.br ↗
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Report date
- October 24, 2026
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
Built an app that chats, reads photos and translates signs and menus without internet.
How it went
The account gives no numbers.
Good to know
On-device AI avoids sending documents and photos to servers (good for LGPD compliance).
The prompt
Translate this sign/menu [photo or text] into English and explain any local terms a tourist might not understand.
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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