Local transcription software macOS/iOS - AI tools

Free Podcast Transcription provides a fast, free, and privacy-focused way to transcribe podcast audio directly on your device, supporting multiple languages and audio formats.

• Free

HoldSpeak is an AI-powered voice-to-text application for macOS, enabling users to dictate text in any app with high accuracy and offline functionality.

• Pay Once

Buzz Captions offers offline audio and video transcription and translation using OpenAI's Whisper model. It supports various file formats and languages on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

• Free

Whisper Notes is an AI-powered speech-to-text application that provides accurate offline transcription with multi-language support, ensuring complete data privacy.

• Pay Once

Bangin' Audio Recorder is a powerful iOS app designed to effortlessly record, transcribe, and organize your audio ideas. It offers high-quality recording, speech transcription, and robust organization tools for seamless idea development.

• Free

Media Podium is an AI-powered transcription application for audio and video files, offering unlimited free transcription directly on your device to ensure privacy.

• Free

Audarly is a desktop application that records and transcribes audio directly from your computer in real-time, suitable for conferences, videos, and more.

• Usage Based

GoWhisper offers unlimited audio and video transcription on your local machine with a one-time payment. It supports multiple languages and export formats, catering to researchers, podcasters, content creators, and more.

• Pay Once

xcribe provides secure, offline voice transcription on your device with no data sent to servers, supporting seamless use across any text input application.

• Free

InqScribe is a digital media transcription tool designed for efficient manual and soon, AI-powered automatic speech-to-text transcription, supporting timecodes, shortcuts, and export to various formats.

• Paid

Transcribe offers fast and secure AI-powered speech-to-text transcription for various audio and video files in over 80 languages, exporting to DOC, TXT, or subtitle formats.

• Paid
• From 2$

Hurd.ai is a free AI-powered transcription tool that automatically converts audio and video files into searchable, organized notes with tags and summaries, supporting 90+ languages.

• Free

Scribe Notes is an AI-powered voice note application that transcribes speech and transforms it into organized, summarized notes, with automatic email delivery and cross-device synchronization capabilities.

• Freemium
• From 5$

Voscribe is an AI-powered transcription service that provides over 95% accuracy in transcribing audio and video content. It offers fast transcriptions, an easy-to-use editor, and subtitle generation.

• Freemium
• From 9$

Nutshell AI provides private, on-device AI-powered transcription and summarization for meetings, operating locally on Mac without needing WiFi or sending data externally.

• Freemium
• From 9$

ScribeBuddy is an AI-powered platform that automatically transcribes audio and video to text, translates content, and generates subtitles in over 100 languages with 98% accuracy.

• Freemium
• From 17$