Offline audio transcribe to text software

Question

Looking for a software that can offline transcribe text from an audio file. macOS preferred but Windows is ok.

Answer 1

Aiko is free and straightforward to use. It's built around OpenAI's Whisper TTS model, so it's very accurate, runs on-device, and supports a bunch of languages.

If you want something with more features, like batch transcription, MacWhisper is similarly simple to use, and sells for €30, with a free tier.

Answer 2

I am using vosk on Windows and I'm quite happy with it. Use the bigger models if you can.

Pro:

• simple to install
• simple to use
• speed is good

Cons:

• It sometimes doesn't correctly recognize words if they are in a foreign language, e.g. I have text in German but use English words, it may get them wrong. But it's still a huge time saver.