Hi there, I’m currently developing an App Playground for the Swift Student Challenge, and a core feature of my playground uses SpeechAnalyzer with SpeechTranscriber from Apple’s Speech framework to transcribe microphone input to text. I understand that SpeechTranscriber performs transcription on-device and does not use the internet. However, from the dev documentation for AssetInventory, it looks like the required language/model assets may first need to be downloaded from Apple’s servers for devices that may not have it installed by default. Since Swift Student Challenge submissions are evaluated offline, I’m unsure how this should be handled. My main questions are: If the device on which my playground is tested does not already have the required SpeechTranscriber asset installed, will transcription fail when the submission is run offline? Is it safe for my submission to depend on SpeechAnalyzer / SpeechTranscriber as a core feature, or should I redesign it to work even if it is unavailable? Thank you!! :)

Hello!! I wasn't able to find a feedback form anywhere so I'm hoping this could reach the team that made the submission form for the challenge. I was really hoping the form could save our progress. Working on the longer response questions does take time, and it's incredibly frustrating when the site tends to reload, losing all progress and causing me to copy everything over again.

Pretty much what the title says, I received the email from Apple today regarding the three sessions that are being conducted for participants. When I open the link, I'm shown the button to register, but when I click register, I'm asked to log in, following which I'm redirected back to the same page except the register button is now missing. I'm unsure if it has registered me, and I haven't received any email confirming the same.

I really want to participate in the upcoming Swift Student Challenge, but I'm using a MacBook that cannot update past MacOS Big Sur. Would submissions compiled from it still be eligible for SSC? Thank you! :D