TranscribeAI

TranscribeAI is an AI transcriber tool. A Mac app that transcribes audio to text with a local AI model, exporting .srt, .vtt or .txt files, with language selection and no audio sent to servers. Requires macOS Ventura or later and is sold as a one time Gumroad purchase.

TranscribeAI is a native Mac application that turns audio recordings into text using an AI speech recognition model that runs entirely on the local machine. The developer states that no audio is uploaded to any server during processing, which makes the app relevant for journalists, researchers and content creators who work with interviews or recordings they cannot hand to a third party cloud service. The workflow is deliberately narrow. A user picks an audio file, chooses the transcription language, and the app produces a text output that can be saved as .srt, .vtt or .txt. Those three export formats cover the common cases: .srt and .vtt for subtitles and captions attached to video, .txt for research notes, meeting records or scripts. Language selection is exposed in the interface, so multilingual material can be handled by changing the target language rather than relying on automatic detection alone. The app is positioned as a one time purchase rather than a subscription, sold through Gumroad at a price starting at $9.90. It requires macOS Ventura (13.0) or later, so older Macs are out of scope. Its main trade-off against cloud transcription services is privacy against scale: local processing keeps files on the device, but the developer publishes no details about model size, supported audio lengths, accuracy benchmarks or hardware requirements beyond the operating system. TranscribeAI suits Mac users who transcribe occasionally and value keeping sensitive recordings offline. Buyers who need team collaboration, speaker diarization, API access or batch processing across large archives should compare it against dedicated cloud transcription platforms before purchasing. The listing page currently shows the product as not for sale, so availability should be confirmed before planning a purchase.