MacWhisper
On-device transcription of audio, video and meetings using Whisper and Parakeet models
MacWhisper turns audio and video into text on your Mac using OpenAI's Whisper and other speech models. Because transcription runs locally and no data leaves your machine, it suits sensitive recordings like interviews.
Key features:
- Drag and drop audio or video files, or record from your microphone, to get a transcript.
- Record and transcribe meetings in Zoom, Teams, Webex, Discord and other apps automatically.
- Replace Apple's dictation system-wide with Whisper.
- Edit transcripts with synced audio and video playback, and remove filler words automatically.
- Export subtitles as .srt or .vtt, or transcripts as DOCX, PDF, Markdown, HTML and more.
- Transcribe in 100 languages, with automatic language detection.
- Upgrade to Pro for batch transcription, speaker recognition, watch folders, YouTube transcription, live captions and a CLI.
MacWhisper supports macOS 14 Sonoma and later and works best on M-series Macs, though it also runs on Intel. The free version covers basic transcription, and a MacWhisper Pro license is a one-time payment of €65 (shown as $72.46) that includes future updates. An iPhone and iPad version is also available.