MacWhisper

About

MacWhisper is a Mac-native transcription app that uses OpenAI's Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models to transcribe audio and video files locally on your device — no cloud upload required. Simply drag and drop audio files or record directly to get high-quality transcriptions with speaker identification. MacWhisper can automatically record meetings from Zoom, Teams, Webex, Skype, and Discord, and offers system-wide dictation to replace Apple's built-in speech recognition with Whisper's superior accuracy. It supports batch processing, subtitle generation (SRT/VTT), full-text search across all transcripts, and over 100 languages. Built by indie developer Jordi Bruin, MacWhisper prioritizes privacy by keeping all processing on-device. Also available on iPhone and iPad.

Features

• •Local on-device transcription using Whisper and Parakeet models
• •Drag-and-drop audio/video file transcription
• •Automatic meeting recording for Zoom, Teams, Webex, Discord
• •System-wide dictation replacing Apple's built-in speech recognition
• •Speaker diarization and identification
• •Full-text and speaker search across all transcripts
• •Subtitle generation in SRT and VTT formats
• •Batch processing for multiple files
• •Support for 100+ languages
• •iPhone and iPad companion apps

Use Cases

• •Journalists transcribing interviews locally without cloud privacy concerns
• •Professionals automatically recording and transcribing Zoom meetings
• •Podcasters generating transcripts and subtitles for episodes
• •Students transcribing lectures for study notes
• •Anyone replacing Apple dictation with more accurate Whisper-powered speech-to-text