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CLUSTER SPEECH-CLOUD-MACOS-2 · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-14

Local macOS transcription apps

This cluster consists of macOS apps that perform local speech-to-text transcription, keeping audio on-device without cloud processing or requiring accounts. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as there are no dated entries before the index start. Traction leaders include ScribeBot with 6 stars, PantelaVoice with 4 stars, and plume with 1 star.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

FEB 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 5OCT 2026: 10
FEB 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 11 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01plume3★8 dayslivehobbyMac app that provides offline voice dictation and meeting transcription with speaker separation, all processed locally on the device.
  2. 02ScribeBot6★1 mo—hobbyMac app that transcribes meetings on-device without joining the call, capturing Hebrew speech mixed with English technical terms.
  3. 03meeting-transcriber-go1★8 days—hobbyMac app that records calls, transcribes speakers, and archives decisions and tasks locally.
  4. 04dictator1★4 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal dictation CLI that transcribes speech to text on Mac without internet, designed for privacy-conscious terminal users.
  5. 05transcripts-app1★5 days—Mac app that transcribes meetings on-device, learns who is speaking, and keeps audio and voices on the Mac.
  6. 06murmur6★1 mo—macOS app that provides local speech-to-text transcription without sending data to the cloud.
  7. 07whisper-releases0★24 daysliveindieMac app that performs local dictation and speech-to-text on Apple silicon, converting voice to text without sending audio to the cloud.
  8. 08superduper3★1 mo—macOS app that records meetings and locally transcribes speech to text without sending audio to the cloud.
  9. 09PantelaVoice3★1 mo—hobbymacOS dictation app that transcribes speech locally with downloadable speech-recognition models, requiring no account or cloud.
  10. 10my-transcriber4★1 mo—A local, privacy-focused real-time transcription app for macOS.
  11. 11zoom-audio-recorder0★7 dayslivehobbyMac app that records Zoom meetings and the user's voice into a single local audio file with one click and no cloud storage.
  12. 12hush0★9 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS app that provides offline voice dictation, inserting transcribed text into the focused app without sending audio to the cloud.
  13. 13scribe0★4 days—hobbyPrivate meeting transcription app for macOS that converts audio recordings into speaker-labeled transcripts with voice profiles.
  14. 14MLXnarrator0★4 days—Mac app that adds generated narration, subtitles, and rendering to screen recordings using local speech and transcription, with no cloud services.
  15. 15tx0★2 days—hobbymacOS app that captures meetings, transcribes speech locally, and provides voice dictation with all processing kept on-device for privacy.
  16. 16yapflow0★10 dayslivehobbyDesktop app providing local voice dictation and meeting recording for macOS and Windows, keeping all processing on-device.
  17. 17auris-whisper1★1 molivemacOS app that transcribes dropped audio or video files and live dictation into text entirely on-device for private offline use.
  18. 18soundcore-pull0★1 molivehand-codedhobbymacOS app that automatically copies recordings from a Soundcore voice recorder over Bluetooth to iCloud Drive.
  19. 19Relay Secure Messenger0★6 mostalelivecommercialVoice call app that transcribes speech locally, encrypts the text, and reconstructs the voice on the receiver's device to avoid audio transmission.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.