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Offline-capable Windows/macOS dictation app that types into any app in real time, supports 99 languages, and generates subtitles from media.
AI transcription and subtitle tool converting audio/video to text in 30+ languages, no account needed, with a free first minute.
Free-forward AI transcription and subtitling tool for audio, video, and podcasts in over 100 languages.
Mac transcription app offering local or cloud AI models, speaker ID, translation, and multi-format export for recordings.
Speech-to-text service for professionals needing fast, multilingual transcription of long-form audio and video with AI summaries.
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- ✦Real-time voice typing into any desktop application
- ✦Offline speech recognition for privacy
- ✦Transcription and translation in 99 languages
- ✦Automatic or manual punctuation modes
- ✦Push-to-talk dictation with customizable hotkeys
- ✦AI-assisted grammar, formatting and summarization templates
- ✦Audio/video file transcription with speaker diarization
- ✦Subtitle generation in SRT and VTT formats
- ✦Automatic AI transcription
- ✦No account required
- ✦30+ language support
- ✦SRT/VTT subtitle generation
- ✦Speaker detection and smart punctuation
- ✦Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF
- ✦AI transcription of audio, video, and live speech
- ✦Translation into 100+ languages and dialects
- ✦Automatic subtitle file creation
- ✦AI-generated summaries of transcribed content
- ✦Speaker recognition and timestamps for podcasts
- ✦Cross-platform support including Mac, Windows, and mobile
- ✦Drag-and-drop transcription with no account required
- ✦Choice of local or cloud AI transcription engines
- ✦Local AI summarization powered by Llama
- ✦Translation into 20+ languages
- ✦Speaker identification/diarization
- ✦Support for video and audio formats including MP4, MOV, MP3, WAV
- ✦Export to TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, CSV, or PDF
- ✦Automated transcription claimed at 99.9% accuracy
- ✦Support for 98 languages
- ✦Uploads up to 5 hours per file
- ✦Speaker classification/diarization
- ✦AI-generated summaries of transcripts
- ✦Wide format support (MP3, MP4, WAV, MOV and more)
- ✦YouTube transcript generation
- →Dictating documents and emails faster than typing
- →Transcribing recorded meetings or interviews into text
- →Generating subtitles for video content
- →Enabling hands-free computer use for accessibility needs
- →Working offline in privacy-sensitive environments
- →Transcribing interviews and meetings
- →Generating video subtitles
- →Podcast and lecture transcripts
- →Journalism and research
- →Transcribing podcast episodes for accessibility and SEO
- →Converting business meeting recordings into text records
- →Generating subtitles for video content
- →Transcribing lecture recordings or voice memos for students
- →Transcribing podcasts or interviews with speaker labels
- →Creating video subtitles from recordings
- →Summarizing long meeting recordings privately on-device
- →Transcribing medical consultations or patient notes
- →Documenting legal proceedings and depositions
- →Turning long interviews or lectures into searchable text
- →Summarizing sales or business meetings
- →Generating transcripts from YouTube videos for content repurposing