Drop a file in, get the words out.
Open Transcribe a file, drag an audio or video file into the window, and pick what you want back: a transcript or subtitles. The whole job runs on your own computer. The free version transcribes files up to 3 minutes; subtitles and files of any length are part of Pro and the 30-day trial.
No account · No card · Everything runs on your computer
Three steps, any recording.
The file is read from your own drive and the result is written back there.
1
Open Transcribe a file
Open the Transcribe a file tab in the app.
2
Drop the file in
Drag an audio or video file into the window.
3
Pick the output
Choose a transcript or subtitles, then set an output language if you want it translated.
A 90-minute film, around 1 GB.
A 90-minute film stays at around 1 GB of memory while it runs, so a feature-length recording works on the machine you already have. Pro and the 30-day trial take files of any length. The free version covers files up to 3 minutes with a smaller model.
- A 90-minute film stays around 1 GB
- Any length on Pro and the 30-day trial
- The free version covers files up to 3 minutes
Nothing to set. It applies to every file you transcribe.
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
The same file, as subtitles.
Set Output to Subtitles and the same recording comes back as an .srt or .vtt file, a video with a subtitle track, or a video with the words burned into the picture.
- Subtitle files in .srt or .vtt
- A video with a subtitle track, or the words burned into the picture
- Lines follow the speech and split at clauses
Transcribe a file › drop the file › Output: Subtitles › pick the format
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
A transcript in another language.
Set an output language other than the one that was spoken and the transcript comes back translated, into any of 29 languages. The file is transcribed first, then translated, both on your own computer.
- 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
The file never leaves your computer.
There is no upload and no queue. The recording is read from your own drive, transcribed on your own machine, and the result is written back there. It works with the network off.
- The file is read and written on your own drive
- Works offline
- 100% on-device, no telemetry
Nothing to set. Every file is processed on your computer.
Coming to Windows, following the Mac release
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
No account, no card. Yours to keep.
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Includes a 30-day free trial of Pro — every feature unlocked, no credit card.
Unlimited dictation. No credits, no caps.
Features
Audio or video files from your own drive. Open the Transcribe a file tab, drag the file into the window, and pick what you want back: a transcript, or subtitles as .srt, .vtt, a video with a subtitle track, or the words burned into the picture.
The free version covers files up to 3 minutes with a smaller model. Pro and the 30-day trial cover any length with the Best model. A 90-minute film stays at around 1 GB of memory while it runs, so a feature-length recording works on the machine you already have.
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.
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