Local Transcription - Whisper

Transcribe meetings, interviews and voice memos directly on your iPhone — no cloud, no subscription, 100% private.

Transcribe your voice directly on your iPhone — completely offline, no cloud, no data sharing. Your recordings never leave your device.

How It Works The app uses Whisper, a powerful AI model by OpenAI, running locally on your iPhone via Apple's Neural Engine and CoreML. Choose the model that fits your device and needs — from lightning-fast and compact to highly accurate.

For even higher quality, optionally connect your OpenAI API key to use gpt-4o-transcribe.

Key Features • Record & transcribe instantly — start a recording directly in the app • Import audio files — MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF and more • Import Voice Memos — share recordings from the Voice Memos app directly • Extend transcripts — append new recordings or audio files to any existing transcript • Live preview — watch text appear in real time as your recording is processed • Multilingual — English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and many more, auto-detected • Edit & export — copy, share or save as TXT, Markdown or JSON • Model selection — Tiny (32 MB) to Medium (515 MB), all optimised for iPhone with CoreML • Optional OpenAI cloud — use gpt-4o-transcribe with your own API key

100% Privacy Since everything runs locally on your device, your voice data never leaves your iPhone. No accounts, no subscriptions, no external servers required — ever.

Perfect For – Transcribing meetings and interviews – Converting voice memos and podcast recordings to text – Dictating notes and ideas hands-free – Students capturing lectures – Accessibility and assistive use

Notes • AI models must be downloaded once (Wi-Fi recommended) • Transcription speed depends on the chosen model and iPhone generation • OpenAI features require an internet connection and your own API key