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24 alternatives to Scriber Pro – Offline AI transcription for macOS
Hey HN! Built this because I was tired of waiting hours for transcription services and didn't want to upload sensitive recordings to the cloud. Real metrics from my M1 Max: 4.5hr video file transcribed in 3 minutes 32 seconds. Works completely offline. First 5 HN users who click the button on the page get it free. Literally promo code straight to the app sore Key differences vs Rev/Otter: - No 2-hour file limits (handles any length) - Timecodes stay accurate on long files (no drift from chunking) - Supports MP3, WAV, MP4, MOV, M4A, FLAC - Exports to SRT, VTT, JSON, PDF, DOCX, CSV,…
Scriber Pro is an offline AI transcription tool for macOS that converts audio and video files to text without uploading data to the cloud. It processes files of any length with accurate timecodes, supports multiple… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Inkr 2.0▲475Transcribe, quick notes, and search smarter in real time
2025 · inkr.app · its alternatives →
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HyNote for Mac▲368Free local transcription that is 100% Private
Aug 2026 · hynote.ai · its alternatives →
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Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export
Dec 2025 · whispersnapper.com · its alternatives →
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MacWhisper▲123High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac
2023 · goodsnooze.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs on-device.
Aug 2026 · getrescript.com · its alternatives →
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TurboScribe▲105Convert audio and video to accurate text in seconds with AI
2024 · turboscribe.ai · its alternatives →
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Create AI-generated transcripts in minutes.
2021 · transcribeninja.com · its alternatives →
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Private, local transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon. - VladUZH/qwen-scribe
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Steno▲129Record and get transcripts in real-time
2017 · blueshiftdevelopment.com · its alternatives →
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I built FnScribe because I'm pretty privacy concious and wanted a wispr flow-like app that kept everything local and on device. Currently works for Mac (sillicon and intel). It's dead simple. Hold the fn key, speak and release. I use a quantized Wisper small.en model for transcription. It inserts the text into the active application. There's also a hands-free model for longer dictation. Audio transcription is kept in memory. There's no account or transcription history. Clipboard contents are restored after it inserts it. GPLv3, Mac-only, English only..still in alpha. Hope you enjoy it! Would…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AI Live Captions & Transcripts for $0.10 (No Subscriptions)
Jun 2026 · scribeswift.lovable.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I made ScriptEdit, a free Mac app that lets you edit videos by editing their transcripts. Everything runs locally on your machine. Think of Descript but free, local, and no long lags for video uploads or file / time limits. How it works: * You import videos, then ScriptEdit generates a transcript using Whisper (you can choose model). * Then you edit the text and the video cuts automatically match your edits. * Delete words to remove sections, rearrange sentences to reorder clips. * You can 'delete all filler words' or 'delete all gaps' to get much more professional videos without…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Alt▲21Most AI notetakers have a 300 minute limit. This is not enough for uni students like me, or people who do remote work. So, I made a notetaker that runs the ASR model on-device. - Free with local ASR & LLM models - No transcription time limit - High accuracy for non-english speech, support for 100 languages - Real-time transcription - Zoom/Google Meet support - No internet needed - Efficient battery usage (~6 hours on full charge on my M2 Pro) This started as a small cli tool I made for myself, then many of my uni friends really liked it, so here it is as an app! I hope a lot of people…
Dec 2025 · altalt.io · its alternatives →
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TalkFlowy▲75Local real-time voice transcription for Mac
Apr 2026 · talkflowy.com · its alternatives →
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Echosnap Ai▲62Hi everyone, I’m a solo developer and I’ve been working on a small tool called Echosnap AI. I built it because I often get ideas while I’m walking or doing something else, and speaking always felt like the fastest way to capture them. Echosnap lets you record a note and instantly get a clean transcript. It can also translate your recordings and help you stay organized with tags and folders. I tried to keep the app as simple and minimal as possible. This is my first time sharing something on HN, so any feedback or suggestions would mean a lot. Thanks for taking a moment to check it out.
Nov 2025 · useechosnap.com · its alternatives →
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Record from your Mac’s notch. Live transcription, speaker labels, and plain files you own. On-device and offline. Five-minute recording trial.
29d ago · memorynotch.app · its alternatives →
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Transcribe audio & video to text in seconds
Jun 2026 · scribeflow.delightindata.com · its alternatives →
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Fast, private, powerful, open-source dictation for macOS.
Aug 2026 · scribe.dosimple.app · its alternatives →
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