AI Transcription provides AI-powered transcription services that can run completely on-device without internet connectivity. No data is uploaded, ensuring the security and privacy of your data.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad



This will transcribe your personal media on a Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin server to create subtitles (.srt) from audio/video files and transcribe or translate them into English. It can also be used as a Whisper provider in Bazarr (See below instructions).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Jellyfin
- Emby
- Plex
Transcribe meetings, calls and recordings on your own computer, and get the summary and minutes, without your audio leaving the machine.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Mexico


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Local, GPU-accelerated dictation for Windows. Hold CapsLock (finally a use for that key), speak, text appears at your cursor. Fully offline — no cloud, no subscription.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
United States


Voice dictation that stays on your device. Open-source, local-first, and built for people who actually care about privacy.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
United States


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Records lectures, meetings and calls and writes structured notes — transcription and AI run locally on your Mac. Free, open source, no account.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU


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Self-hosted meeting transcription portal — speech-to-text, speaker diarization, LLM-corrected transcripts, structured summaries and Word minutes, on your own GPUs. Flask + PostgreSQL, GDPR audit trail, distributed GPU topologies, docker.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Linux
- Docker


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Fully local, easy-to-use AI transcription tool based on OpenAI Whisper. Transcribe audio & video offline with high accuracy and without uploading or sharing your media data.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Slovenia
EU



A fast, simple transcription app that runs fully offline on your Mac. No cloud, no uploads, no servers. Your audio stays on your device.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Czechia
EU


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AI dictation and voice editing for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, with custom vocabulary and desktop typing mode.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android
Canada



Convert, trim, normalize, remove noise and transcribe audio in one clean offline desktop studio. Local AI, full privacy, no subscription — your audio never leaves your machine.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows


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Private dictation for Mac: hold a key, speak, and clean, punctuated text is typed at your cursor in almost any app. Runs entirely on-device.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac


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Phravia turns your speech into perfectly formatted text, anywhere on your device. Just tap, speak, and the text appears wherever your cursor is — WhatsApp, email, notes, or any app.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Windows
India



Wave is a lightweight, native macOS dictation app focused on fast voice-to-text workflows with minimal UI overhead. Press a shortcut, speak, and your words are instantly pasted at the cursor. Supports on-device transcription via Whisper and cloud transcription via Groq, plus an...
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
India



Subtitle Sphere is a comprehensive desktop application and multimedia processing powerhouse that revolutionizes video and audio transcription, translation, AI-generated voice synthesis, and subtitling.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows


TrueScribe is a desktop transcription studio for Windows and Linux. It transcribes audio and video locally with Whisper, identifies speakers with diarization, and keeps a searchable local history. Its timestamped editor combines transcript correction with synchronized waveform...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Germany
EU



On-device voice dictation for Mac. Hold a hotkey, speak, release, and Whisper-transcribed text appears at your cursor. No cloud, no account, no subscription.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States


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NotchLive is a macOS menu bar app that displays real-time AI-powered captions and translations directly in your MacBook's notch. It uses on-device Whisper AI (via CoreML) for speech recognition and Apple Translation for real-time translation — nothing ever leaves your Mac.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Global


Whisper Transcriber Suite is a free, open-source desktop app that runs OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition on your own computer. Drop in an audio or video file, or paste a YouTube link, and get a transcript or subtitles (SRT, VTT, ASS, TXT, DOCX, PDF and more).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux



LocalWhisper turns the Space key into a global push-to-talk microphone. Hold it anywhere on your computer, speak, and release — your transcribed text is pasted at the cursor. In any app: browser, IDE, chat, email, Word, you name it.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Germany
EU

Self-hosted app that turns voice notes, recordings, videos and links into timestamped transcripts, summaries and to-do lists using local Whisper and a local LLM.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted


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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Python
HoldToType turns speech into text at the cursor in any Windows program: hold two keys, speak, let go, and the words land where you were typing. Recognition runs on your own computer with open models, and you are not tied to Whisper: Nemotron 3.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Ukraine


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Hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS. 100% local, powered by WhisperKit and local LLM cleanup. Hold Control to record, release to transcribe and paste.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac























































