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MacWhisper
Quickly transcribe audio files into text on your Mac
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- Freemium
- Curation
- verified
- Source
- tryMacApps
- Last verified
- May 17, 2026
About
MacWhisper is a Mac transcription app that uses OpenAI's Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet to turn audio and video into accurate, searchable text in seconds. All transcription runs locally on your device with Metal and GPU acceleration.
What it does
- 01Drag-and-drop transcription with up to 300x realtime speeds
- 02Records meetings, microphone, and system audio with automatic detection
- 03Speaker recognition, batch transcription, and YouTube video support
- 04Realtime captions with live translation, plus DeepL subtitle translation
- 05Integrates with ChatGPT, Claude, Groq, Ollama, and 100+ supported languages
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