Transcribe Offline

Transcribe and review audio locally, without sending recordings to the cloud.

Transcribe Offline desktop interface for reviewing and editing a transcript.

File transcription

Create speech, subtitle, or diarised transcript output from local audio files.

Live transcription

Run realtime transcription with optional live speaker diarisation for streaming sessions.

Transcript review

Edit transcripts with playback-linked navigation, autosave, speaker renaming, and export tools.

Local LLM helpers

Use compatible local GGUF models for transcript Q&A and beta anonymisation extraction.

Transcribe Offline v2.1

Install the Linux amd64 package through APT, download unsigned desktop builds for MacOS arm64 and Windows x64, or use the source code for local builds and institutional deployments.

* Unsigned Build Notice - Transcribe Offline is an open-source hobby development effort by the repository owner. Paid code-signing and notarisation pipelines are not currently in place, so Windows SmartScreen, enterprise endpoint controls, or MacOS Gatekeeper may block downloaded binaries.

MacOS arm64 transcribe-offline-macos-arm64.dmg Windows x64 Transcribe-Offline-windows-x64.exe Source code Build locally from GitHub

Debian 13+ · Ubuntu 24.04/26.04+ · amd64

Install Transcribe Offline

First Open Research Tools install

Add the signed repository and install the application with one command.

wget -qO /tmp/keyring.deb https://keyring.openresearchtools.com && sudo apt install -y /tmp/keyring.deb && sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y transcribe-offline

Repository already configured

If another Open Research Tools package has already added the repository:

sudo apt install transcribe-offline

APT installs the required Vulkan and CUDA Engine packages automatically.