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Products that do what Subtitles does

Private, offline captions for any audio your Mac plays

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HyNote for Mac▲383
Free local transcription that is 100% Private
17d ago · hynote.ai
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Rescript for Desktop▲88
A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs on-device.
Aug 2026 · getrescript.com
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Speakmac▲190
The offline dictation macOS should have had
Nov 2025
4
Caption 2.0▲245
Instantly find the right subtitles for your next movie 🍿
2017
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Whisper Snapper for Mac▲139
Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export
Dec 2025
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JustScribe▲117
On-device instant voice transcription
Feb 2026
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Captions for iOS▲112
Live Captions & Translation in real-time
2019
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Trace▲88
No-frills offline meeting transcripts with context
May 2026
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Yap▲140
Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device
Jul 2026 · frigade.com
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Subly▲219
Free automated tool to add captions on video.
2020
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Dictato▲93
Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac
Feb 2026
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Hearica▲112
Turn all computer audio into captions for the deaf
Mar 2026
13
Walkie▲228
Free local AI voice dictation tool
Apr 2026
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LocalClicky▲127
Control your Mac with your voice locally
Jun 2026 · github.com
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FnScribe – Open-source, offline dictation for macOS▲36
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…
9d ago · github.com
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Subtitly▲136
Realtime subtitles & translations for any app
2024
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Smart Voice Offline▲113
Offline live transcription app for iOS
2019
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trnscrb▲100
On-device transcription for macOS with MCP
Feb 2026
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Caplo▲107
Real-time AI captions & translation for any iOS app
Mar 2026
20
MacWhisper▲123
High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac
2023
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Spoke▲102
Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.
Mar 2026
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Epilude▲104
Local voice dictation for Mac for polished text
Jul 2026 · epilude.com
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Stenox▲72
Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser
Jan 2026
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Signal Recorder SR-7▲101
On-device voice recorder that transcribes + exports Markdown
Jun 2026 · fieldbw.com

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