Native app
Whisper Notes
Whisper Notes is an offline speech-to-text app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It transcribes meetings, lectures, and voice memos with speaker labels, supporting over 100 languages.
- Platform
- Native app
- Categories
- AI Product Description Generator, Speech-to-Text, AI Speech Recognition, Transcription
- Indexed
- 2024-02-19
About Whisper Notes
What is Whisper Notes
Whisper Notes is a speech-to-text app that runs entirely on your device, ensuring privacy and offline functionality. It is designed for journalists, researchers, and professionals who need accurate transcription without uploading audio to the cloud. The app supports recording from the Lock Screen, widgets, Action Button, or Siri, and can import audio and video from other apps. It offers three transcription models—Parakeet, Whisper, and SenseVoice—which can be switched based on language and use case. Whisper Notes is available for a one-time purchase of $6.99 with no subscriptions or in-app purchases.
Key features
The app provides offline transcription with speaker labels, allowing users to see who said what and rename speakers. It supports over 100 languages with auto-detection, optimized for English. Users can export transcripts as SRT, VTT, or TXT files with timestamps and speaker labels. There is no recording time limit, and transcription speed is fast: on an iPhone 15, 5 minutes of audio takes about 18 seconds with Parakeet and 1 minute with Whisper. The app also supports extracting subtitles from videos and transcribing voice messages from apps like WhatsApp.
Use cases
Whisper Notes is ideal for transcribing meetings, lectures, interviews, and voice memos. It is particularly useful for professionals who handle sensitive information, as all processing is done on-device and no data is uploaded. Journalists can record interviews and get accurate transcripts with speaker labels. Students can transcribe lectures for study purposes. The app also works in airplane mode, making it suitable for use on flights or in remote areas. Users can import audio from various apps, including WhatsApp and Photos, to transcribe voice messages or extract subtitles from videos.
Pricing
Whisper Notes is priced at $6.99 as a one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no ads. The developer states that because transcription runs on the user's device, there are no server costs, so they charge once instead of a recurring fee. Users who are not satisfied can request a refund through the app's settings.
Questions
Whisper Notes FAQ
- What is Whisper Notes?
- Whisper Notes is an AI tool available as a native app in the AI Product Description Generator, Speech-to-Text, AI Speech Recognition categories. Whisper Notes is an offline speech-to-text app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It transcribes meetings, lectures, and voice memos with speaker labels, supporting over 100 languages.
- What is Whisper Notes used for?
- Whisper Notes is filed under AI Product Description Generator, Speech-to-Text, AI Speech Recognition, Transcription in the AITOOLIST index. Whisper Notes is an offline speech-to-text app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It transcribes meetings, lectures, and voice memos with speaker labels, supporting over 100 languages.
- Is Whisper Notes a web app, an extension or a native app?
- Whisper Notes is a native app.
Listed in the AITOOLIST index since 2024-02-19.