# Voice to Text Offline — Speech, notes & translation > Speech, notes & translation (iPhone/iPad app by 永青 朱.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voice-to-text-offline/id6812950294 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [永青 朱](https://appshunter.io/developer/1506537661) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 626 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Chinese (Simplified, China), Swedish - Released: 2026-09-21 - Data updated: 2026-10-21 ## What is Voice to Text Offline? Transcribe turns speech into text, and text into another language — entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Record a meeting, a lecture or a voice memo and get a transcript. Import an audio file instead. Translate the transcript, read the translation beside the original, have a summary written for you, or ask the recording questions. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE • No account, no sign-in, no subscription • No servers of ours: your audio and your text are never uploaded • Transcription needs no network at all, so it works offline and in airplane mode • The app collects no data — that is the whole privacy policy TRANSCRIPTION, ON DEVICE • Runs on the Neural Engine with Parakeet, built into the app — 25 European languages, no download • Need more languages? Download the optional Whisper large-v3-turbo model once for 99 languages • Live preview while you record, then a full-quality pass over the finished audio • Also transcribes audio files you import from Files or share from another app • Fix anything it mishears: the transcript is yours to edit TRANSLATION • Translate a transcript into the language you choose • Translation runs on device, and by default uses Apple's built-in translation — so there is nothing to download before your first translation • If the system is missing a language pack, the app says which one and where to get it • Prefer no limits on language? Download the optional on-device model once and every language the recogniser can hear becomes a translation target, direct between any two SUMMARY AND QUESTIONS • Ask the on-device model for a summary of a long recording: a few sentences, saved with the transcript • Ask questions about a recording and get answers drawn from what was actually said, in a conversation you can keep • Both are written in any language you pick • Both use the optional on-device model, which is installed once from Settings • Bring your own model instead: import any .gguf file you already have, and translation, summaries and questions all use it WHAT TO EXPECT • Apple's built-in translation covers the languages the system supports; the optional model covers all 99 the recogniser can hear • The optional on-device model is about 1.22 GB, downloaded once over Wi-Fi, and after that works offline permanently • The app is about 610 MB, and about 1.8 GB with the optional model installed • Automatic transcription, translation, summaries and answers are good but not perfect. They can mishear names, numbers and technical terms, particularly with background noise, strong accents or several people talking at once. Please check anything that matters • Transcribe is not a substitute for a professional interpreter or translator REQUIREMENTS • iOS 18.0 or later ATTRIBUTION Speech recognition uses Parakeet (CC BY 4.0 licence, © NVIDIA and moondream) or OpenAI's Whisper (MIT licence, © OpenAI). Summaries and questions use Qwen3 (Apache License 2.0, © Alibaba Qwen team). Everything runs locally on your device; no model is modified. ## Is Voice to Text Offline safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Voice to Text Offline. ## Is Voice to Text Offline legit? Voice to Text Offline appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Voice to Text Offline is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-10-20 A newer on-device model writes your summaries and answers. IMPROVED • Summaries and answers now come from a newer on-device model, with better general knowledge and better multilingual understanding — which is what both features lean on • That model is larger: about 1.22 GB, downloaded once from Settings over Wi-Fi • The model it replaces is removed from your device automatically, so the old one does not sit there taking up space • Nothing else changes: recognition, translation and the interface are the same, and nothing leaves your device ### 1.3 — 2026-10-15 Transcribe now speaks four more languages. NEW • German, French, Italian and Swedish throughout — every screen, every setting, the permission prompts and the terms of use • Nothing to turn on: if your device is set to one of those languages, the app already follows it • Recognition and translation were never limited to English; what is new is the app around them — the buttons, the labels and the terms IMPROVED • A launch screen: the app opens on its own mark instead of a blank screen ### 1.2 — 2026-10-12 A new speech engine, a new name, and a model you can supply yourself. NEW • Transcription now runs on Parakeet, built into the app — more accurate and noticeably faster than the Whisper model the app used to ship with, and it needs no download • Ask questions about a recording: answers are drawn from what was actually said, and the conversation is saved with the record • Bring your own model: import any .gguf file and the app uses it for translation, summaries and questions • Summaries can be written in any language you pick, not just the one that was recognised • Settings shows which speech engine is in use, and lets you switch IMPROVED • The app is called Transcribe now — on the store, and under the icon • Whisper is now large-v3-turbo, and you download it only if you need the 99 languages Parakeet does not cover • The optional on-device model is Qwen3-1.7B, chosen for summarising and answering rather than for translating — which is what it now does • The model stays loaded while you read and ask questions, and a summary shows its progress and can be stopped FIXED • Typing or editing a transcript by hand and then tapping Translate could raise the system's language-pack download sheet even when both packs were already installed • The app could keep answering from a model you had already replaced in Settings ### 1.1 — 2026-10-10 Translation no longer needs a download first. It now uses Apple's built-in on-device translation, so your first translation works as soon as the system's language pack is there — and if one is missing, the app says which it is and where to get it. The 1 GB model is now optional, for those who want every language. NEW • Summaries: ask the on-device model for a few sentences about a long recording, written in the language of the transcript or the translation, and saved with the record • Edit the transcript by hand — correct a name, or type a note before you record • Settings lets you choose between Apple's built-in translation and the optional on-device model FIXED • A second recording could include the previous one's audio, so its transcript began with the earlier recording's text • Translation could fail with "the translation service did not respond" while the app was open in the foreground • The language-pack buttons in Settings sometimes did nothing when tapped ### 1.0 — 2026-09-21 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Voice to Text Offline | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Clearminutes: AI Meeting Notes](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clearminutes-ai-meeting-notes/id6795281589) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Productivity | | [Find Clarity](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/find-clarity/id1671806331) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Cadence - Audio Transcription](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadence-audio-transcription/id6798236186) | — | Free | Productivity | | [AI Note Taker ; Voice Recorder](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-note-taker-voice-recorder/id6811575610) | — | Free | Productivity | | [LynxTTS: Text to Speech](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lynxtts-text-to-speech/id6810887821) | — | Free | Productivity | | [Arca: Offline Voice to Text](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arca-offline-voice-to-text/id6758560420) | — | Free | Productivity | ## More apps by 永青 朱 - [Daily Still – Calm Stories](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-still-calm-stories/id6760005665) - [Refine - Photo & Video Cleaner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/refine-photo-and-video-cleaner/id6761166172) All apps by 永青 朱: https://appshunter.io/developer/1506537661 ## Related topics [transcribe voice to text translate](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/transcribe-voice-to-text-translate) · [voice to text translator](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/voice-to-text-translator) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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