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Apps and services that transcribe recorded audio and video. We track 37 of them: each one researched on its maker's own pages, with every figure read from an official source and linked to where it came from.
10of 37
run on Mac
6of 37
run on Windows
3of 37
run on Linux
13of 37
on iPhone or iPad
8of 37
on Android
8of 37
say speech stays on the device
5of 37
are open source
Counted from the 37 entries below, as each maker's own pages list them.
All 37
- Whisper Notes
SmashMelon · iPhone, Mac
An app for iPhone and Mac that records voice memos or imports audio and transcribes it locally on the device.
- Aiko
Sindre Sorhus · Mac, iPhone, iPad
An app that transcribes recordings of meetings, lectures and voice memos into text, running on your device.
- Notta
Notta · Web, iPhone, Android
An AI transcription and meeting notes service that converts recordings and live conversations into text.
- Rev
Rev · Web, iPhone, Android
A transcription platform and app that turns recorded audio and video into text, with AI and human transcription options.
- Transkriptor
Transkriptor · Web, iPhone, Android
A transcription service that converts audio and video files and meetings into text.
- Riverside
Riverside · Web, iPhone, Android
A recording studio for podcasts and video with a built-in AI transcriber for audio and video.
- Whisper Transcription
Jordi Bruin · Mac, iPhone, iPad
An App Store app for Mac and iPhone that transcribes audio and video files with Whisper speech recognition.
- daglo
ActionPower · Web, iPhone
A voice intelligence workspace that captures meetings, lectures, videos and files and turns them into transcripts and notes.
- Trint
Trint · Web, iPhone
An AI transcription platform that turns audio and video into editable text that teams can translate and collaborate on.
- MacWhisper
Jordi Bruin · Mac
A Mac app that transcribes audio, video, meetings and system audio locally on your Mac using Whisper and other AI models.
- Temi
Rev · Web, iPhone
An automatic transcription service and recording app from Rev that converts audio to text.
- Good Tape
Good Tape · Web, iPhone, Android
An automated transcription tool for audio and video that works in many languages.
- Happy Scribe
Happy Scribe · Web, iPhone
A transcription, subtitling and translation service that converts audio and video into text in many languages.
- Simon Says
Simon Says · Mac, Web
A transcription, captioning, subtitle and translation tool for audio and video, with a Mac app.
- Speechnotes
Speechlogger · Web, Chrome, Android
A web app for dictating notes in real time or uploading recordings to be transcribed automatically.
- Verbit
Verbit · Web, iPhone
An AI and human transcription and captioning service for law firms, courts, media and education.
- Buzz
Chidi Williams · Mac, Windows, Linux
An open-source desktop app that transcribes and translates audio offline on your own computer using Whisper.
- GoTranscript
GoTranscript · Web
A human transcription service for audio and video recordings in many languages.
- Live Transcribe
Google · Android
A Google accessibility app for Android that shows real-time captions of speech around you.
- Recorder (Google Pixel)
Google · Android
Google's recording app for Pixel phones that transcribes recordings and makes them searchable.
- Scribie
Scribie · Web
A transcription service that delivers human-verified transcripts of audio and video.
- Vibe
thewh1teagle · Mac, Windows, Linux
An open-source, local-first app that transcribes audio and video files, URLs and recordings on your own computer.
- 3Play Media
3Play Media · Web
A provider of captioning, transcription and audio description for video content.
- Amberscript
Amberscript · Web
A European transcription and subtitling service for audio and video, with machine-made and human-made options.
- CLOVA Note
NAVER · Web
A voice recording and transcription service from Naver that turns recordings into text.
- Descript
Descript · Mac, Windows, Web
An audio and video editor that transcribes recordings and lets you edit them by editing the text.
- iFlytek Hear
iFlytek · Web
An iFlytek service that converts speech and recordings to text and offers related tools such as video subtitles and speech translation.
- Maestra
Maestra · Web
An AI platform for transcripts, subtitles and multilingual voiceovers of audio and video.
- noScribe
kaixxx · Mac, Windows, Linux
An open-source app with a simple interface that transcribes interviews and other recordings with Whisper and speaker identification.
- oTranscribe
oTranscribe · Web
A free web app that helps you transcribe interviews by controlling audio playback while you type.
- Sonix
Sonix · Web
An automated transcription service that converts audio and video to text with speaker detection and AI summaries.
- Subtitle Edit
Nikse · Windows
A free, open-source subtitle editor for Windows that can also generate subtitles from audio with speech recognition.
- Tongyi Tingwu
Alibaba Cloud · Web
An AI assistant for work and study from Alibaba Cloud that records, organizes and analyzes audio and video content and meeting minutes.
- Transcribe (Wreally)
Wreally Studios · Web
A privacy-focused online tool that converts audio and video to text and includes a built-in editor.
- TurboScribe
TurboScribe · Web
A web service that transcribes audio and video files into text.
- Vocalmatic
Vocalmatic · Web
An AI transcription service where you upload audio or video and get a transcript back.
- Vrew
VoyagerX · Mac, Windows
A video editor that uses speech recognition to create subtitles and edit video by editing text.