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oTranscribe: a free web app for transcribing recordings
Elliot Bentley, oTranscribe (a project of the MuckRock Foundation), n.d.
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- The project's home page describes oTranscribe as a free web app for typing out recorded interviews, with keyboard playback controls, timestamps, export to text and Markdown, and an MIT open-source license.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by the project's own maintainers, so it describes what the tool is meant to do rather than an independent test. The privacy claim concerns where the audio is handled by the app in the browser; check it against your own rules before you use the tool for regulated recordings.
Facts taken from this source
- oTranscribe says your audio file and transcript never leave your computer.
“Private - your audio file and transcript never leave your computer.” (Home page feature list)
- oTranscribe says it works on desktop computers only, so it is not meant for phones or tablets.
“oTranscribe works on desktop computers only.” (Home page introduction)
- oTranscribe describes itself as a free web app for transcribing recorded interviews.
“A free web app to take the pain out of transcribing recorded interviews.” (Home page introduction)