Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
TapeText: Transcribe without uploading
A free browser-based transcription editor that processes audio locally and exports timestamped transcripts or subtitle files.
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- For
- Journalists, researchers, and people handling sensitive recordings
- Worth noticing
- Speaker labels are applied by hand and continue forward until changed; the page says cached transcription can work with Wi-Fi off.
Field notes
The editor lets users correct text while following the recording, jump to a word by its timestamp, split paragraphs, and label speakers. The page lists MP3, MP4, MOV, and WebM inputs, with SRT, VTT, TXT, and Markdown exports. It also says the model needs about a gigabyte of memory, requires users to choose the language, and does not automatically separate speakers.
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