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Transcribe With AI

Whisper Transcription is fast, private, and affordable.

Having the text of a spoken event can be vital, whether you need it for reference later or simply find it easier to read than listen. Whisper Transcription quickly and accurately transcribes audio from lectures, interviews, online meetings, and even podcasts and YouTube videos.

What we love: How Whisper Transcription makes expensive transcription services obsolete. With just a couple clicks you can start recording microphone or app audio, or open an existing audio or video file—the app quickly transcribes (and optionally translates) from roughly 100 languages using your choice of large language models. And if you choose a local model, all processing is done privately on your Mac.

In addition to identifying individual speakers, the app can provide AI-generated summaries of your transcripts. You can export transcriptions to text, Word, HTML, PDF, or JSON files—or to SRT, VTT, or Markdown formats for use as video subtitles.

Quick tip: Set up a watch folder on your Mac and Whisper Transcription will auto-transcribe any audio or video files you drop in the folder, saving the text to the format of your choice.

Meet the creator: Jordi Bruin is an indie developer in the Netherlands. He also created the Apple Design Award finalist Navi, which provides live subtitles during phone or video conversations.

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