Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
Ratproof — A Transcriber That Refuses to Rat
A free browser-based transcription tool that says recordings stay on the user's computer, with no installation, account, upload, or export paywall.
Field notes
Ratproof describes a local-browser workflow rather than a conventional upload-and-process transcription service. Its stated input list includes MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC, and WebM; output can be exported as text, Markdown, SRT, VTT, or JSON. The page also describes timestamped lines that jump back to the audio and optional summaries when a browser supplies its own language model. Its measurements include a 27.4% word error rate on overlapping meeting audio and roughly 87% agreement with a human transcript.
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