Video2Slides vs Earshot Live Transcription
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video2Slides
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Turn video lectures into PDF slides, totally free to use. All processing happens securely in your browser—no video upload required. Video2Slides is the solution to convert video lectures to PDF slides. Whether you are watching a course on any websites, or a recorded lecture, Video2Slides captures the slides for you automatically. --- Key Features --- Universal Compatibility: Works on any web videos. One-Click PDF Export: Download your entire lecture as a single, organized PDF document. Timestamps: Every slide includes a clickable timestamp so you can jump back to that exact moment in the video. Privacy First: All processing happens 100% in your browser. We do not record your screen or upload videos to any server. --- How to use --- Open any video lecture. Click the Video2Slides icon to open the side panel. Click "Start Extraction." Sit back and let the extension build your notes!
Earshot Live Transcription
This app provides real-time, on-device captioning for conversations, lectures, and ambient sounds. It prioritizes privacy and offline functionality, making speech accessible without cloud processing. It also offers translation and urgent sound alerts.
- Real-time captioning
- Ambient sound recognition
- Speech translation
- Offline functionality
- On-device processing
- Save and share transcripts
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Earshot is real-time, on-device captioning for iPhone - for conversations, lectures, doctor visits, anywhere you want to read what's being said. It's a free app that captions speech and ambient sound in real time, inspired by a Deaf researcher who'd spent his career on captioning. Having a disability shouldn't cost you money or your privacy. So I built Earshot. • Free — no sign-up, no sign-in, no ads, no upsells. • Private — everything runs on your device. The only network call is to download or update the local speech model so conversations never go to the cloud. • Offline — works with no Wi-Fi or cellular connection. • Multilingual — 99 languages, and it can translate any of them into English. • Ambient-sound aware — recognizes hundreds of environmental sounds, with full-screen alerts for urgent ones: smoke alarm, carbon monoxide, doorbell, crying baby, phone ringing, sirens. Accessibility tools shouldn't themselves be inaccessible. Free should mean free. Private should mean private. WHAT IT DOES • Real-time captions in a clean, focused screen, plus a chat-style "feed" layout. Tap the cog for text size, vibration, and ambient-sound options. • Translate non-English speech to English on the fly. • Full-screen urgent-sound alerts with strong haptics; ambient-sound tags shown in the corner when you want them. • Save transcripts on your device as readable documents. Star the ones to keep, filter by 1:1 or group, by alerts, by starred. • Share any transcript as plain text — it never leaves your device unless you send it. WHO IT'S FOR Built for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community as a private alternative to cloud captioning. Also useful in loud environments, for language learners, and for anyone who wants to read or save what was said. PRIVACY Audio never leaves your device. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. The AI model downloads once on first launch (~244 MB) — the only network request the app makes. Full policy at briankemler.github.io/LiveTranscribe/privacy. REQUIREMENTS iPhone on iOS 17 or later. Works offline after the one-time model download. CONTACT brian.kemler@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Video2Slides at 4 against Earshot Live Transcription's 1. Video2Slides also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Video2Slides | Earshot Live Transcription |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patcharapon Nawalertpanya | Brian Kemler |
In-app purchases
Video2Slides
No in-app purchases
Earshot Live Transcription
No in-app purchases
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