Dictation app
Qwen Scribe
by VladUZH
An open-source Mac app that transcribes audio and video files and types dictation into any text field, running Qwen3-ASR on your own Mac.
- Mac
Speech engine it runs
- Qwen3-ASR by Alibaba Cloud (Qwen team)
Every figure about Qwen Scribe
Each figure is a row of a research dataset. Open it for the exact words of its source or the exact request it was read from.
How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings
- Qwen Scribe, crash leftovers2026-101 days
- Qwen Scribe, dictation recording2026-10deleted after transcription or failure
- Qwen Scribe, dictated text in memory2026-10held in memory only until the helper has collected and pasted it, at most a minute
- Qwen Scribe, failed-job copy2026-10kept for up to an hour
- Qwen Scribe, uploaded media copy2026-10deleted when that job succeeds or is cancelled.
Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI
- Qwen Scribe, audio not on servers2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Qwen Scribe, no third-party AI2026-100 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Qwen Scribe, speech on device2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Qwen Scribe, types into any app2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Qwen Scribe, vocabulary hints2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
- Qwen Scribe, works offline2026-101 1 = yes, 0 = no
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