Podcasters
Turn an episode or an interview into a transcript on your own machine, then make subtitles for the video cut, or a transcript translated into another language.
For creators
Episodes and uploads, subtitled on your Mac.
Drop the episode or the finished cut in, set Output to Subtitles, and pick the format. You get an .srt or .vtt file, a video with a subtitle track, or the words burned into the picture, made on your own computer.
No account · No card · Everything runs on your computer
How it works
Three steps, episode or cut.
The same three clicks cover an audio episode and a finished video export.
1
Drop the cut in
Open Transcribe a file and drag the episode or the export into the window.
2
Set Output to Subtitles
Pick .srt, .vtt, a subtitle track, or the words burned into the picture.
3
Set an output language
Leave it as spoken, or pick one of 29 languages to publish it translated.
Who it is for
Two jobs, one drop zone.
The same three clicks cover an audio episode and a finished video cut, on your own computer.
YouTubers and video creators
Turn a finished cut into an .srt or .vtt file for the upload, a video with a subtitle track, or subtitles burned into the picture. Translate them into any of 29 languages.
Formats
Four ways to get the subtitles out.
A subtitle file in .srt or .vtt for the upload, a video with a subtitle track that players can switch on and off, or the words burned into the picture so they travel with the video anywhere.
- Subtitle files in .srt or .vtt
- A video with a subtitle track players can switch on and off
- Or the words burned into the picture, for players that show no subtitles
Transcribe a file › drop the file › Output: Subtitles › pick the format
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
Reach
The same episode, in 29 languages.
Set an output language and the subtitles or the transcript come back translated, into any of 29 languages. The picker marks the weaker pairs as beta or reduced accuracy. The translation runs on your own machine.
- 29 languages for subtitles and transcripts
- Weaker pairs marked beta or reduced accuracy in the picker
- Pro and the 30-day trial; the free version does not translate
Output card › Output language
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
Long recordings
A two-hour episode, on the same machine.
A 90-minute film stays at around 1 GB of memory while it runs, so a long episode works on the machine you already edit on. Subtitles are part of Pro and the 30-day trial, at any length. The free version transcribes files up to 3 minutes.
- A 90-minute film stays around 1 GB
- Any length on Pro and the 30-day trial
- No upload, so nothing waits in a queue
Nothing to set. It applies to every file you transcribe.
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
Free and Pro
Start free. Add Pro when you need it.
The free version is free forever: unlimited dictation in 90+ languages, one language slot and files up to 3 minutes, with no account and no card. Pro and the 30-day trial add files of any length, subtitles, translation into 29 languages and five language slots.
Free
£0.00
forever
No account, no card. Yours to keep.
1 licence · 1 device
One licence activates one device — grab a few: one for your Mac, one for your PC, one for home, one for work. Every extra device is 20% cheaper.
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Download for MacmacOS 14+ · Apple Silicon
Download for WindowsWindows 10 / 11
Includes a 30-day free trial of Pro — every feature unlocked, no credit card.
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Unlimited dictation. No credits, no caps.
Subtitles from audio and video filesNot includedAny lengthUsually an extra, charged per minute
File length3 minAny lengthMixed — often capped
Translation into 29 languagesNot includedOn your deviceIn the cloud, charged per minute
Speaker labels & timestampsNot includedIncludedUsually an added cost
Features
Four. A subtitle file in .srt or .vtt, a video with a subtitle track that players can switch on and off, or the words burned into the picture so they travel with the video anywhere. Open the Transcribe a file tab, drop the file in, set Output to Subtitles, and pick the format. Everything is produced on your own computer.
Yes. Set an output language on the Output card and the subtitles come back translated, into any of 29 languages. The picker marks the weaker pairs as beta or reduced accuracy. The translation runs on your own computer, so nothing is uploaded.
The free version (free forever, no account and no card) transcribes files up to 3 minutes with a smaller model and dictates in one language slot; it does not make subtitles or translate. Pro and the 30-day trial make subtitles for files of any length with the Best model, translate subtitles and transcripts into 29 languages on your own computer, and carry five language slots, each with its own output language.
Subtitles, on-device translation and five language slots are on the Mac build first. The Windows build with these features follows the Mac release. Everything Windows does today keeps working.
Get the app
Put it on the machine you already have.
The free version covers unlimited dictation in 90+ languages, one language slot and files up to 3 minutes, free forever. Pro and the 30-day trial add files of any length, subtitles, translation into 29 languages and five slots.
No account · No card · Everything runs on your computer