This app offers private and secure speech-to-text transcription using on-device processing. It can transcribe audio and video files, voice notes, podcasts, and live microphone feeds, with support for multiple languages and offline functionality.
What We Love
- 👍 Accurate transcription
- 🔒 Private/on-device processing
- 💰 No subscriptions (one-time purchase option)
- 💾 Saves with or without audio
- 🚀 Fast transcription on Apple Silicon
- 💡 Implements OpenAI Whisper model
- 💻 Works on Mac
- ✨ Offline capabilities
- ⚡ Near real-time transcription
- 💰 Reasonable Pro version price
- 👍 Good for journaling/brainstorming
- 👍 Good for learning disabilities
- 👍 Good for medical dictation
- 👍 Memory efficient on Mac
- 👍 Developer responsiveness
- 👍 Supports Shortcuts
- 👍 Free version available
- 👍 Data kept private and local
Room to Improve
- 🐌 Transcription is slow/not real-time
- 🌐 No translation options
- 🗣️ No speak options
- 🪟 Transcribing window too small
- ↔️ Can't move sidebar out of view
- 🐛 Crashes with updates
- 🐛 UI/UX bugs
- 🗑️ Text lost if app is switched (no draft save)
- 🐛 App crashes when saving transcript
- 📉 Transcription quality can degrade with chunking
- 🐛 Crashes when loading certain models
- 🔋 Suspected high battery usage
- 🎛️ Dictation controls confusing
- 🎚️ Default model is 'tiny' and not ideal
- 🎚️ No option to set default model
