Private Transcriber Pro
A downloadable tool for Windows and macOS
Fast, private, and easy audio transcription, now with GPU acceleration and media queue!
Just drag and drop your audio or video files. Private Transcriber Pro will automatically transcribe them with no internet connection required.
Why You’ll Love It
- One-time payment: no subscriptions, no hidden fees
- Free lifetime updates: including all future versions
- Fully offline: your files stay private, nothing is uploaded
- GPU acceleration on compatible systems (optional)
- Works on most laptops: no GPU required
- Unlimited installs: use it on any computer you personally own
Batch Transcription
Queue multiple audio and video files and let Private Transcriber Pro transcribe them automatically one by one, with optional auto-saving of .srt subtitles and/or .txt transcripts next to your media.
Word-timed lyrics & word subtitles
Export Enhanced LRC with timing on every word for karaoke and lyric players, or word-level SRT (.words.srt) with one cue per word for editors like Premiere Pro.
Turn on auto-save in Settings to write .lrc and/or .words.srt next to your media when transcription finishes.
Multilingual & Powerful
- Transcribes dozens of languages
- Optional automatic translation to English
- Choose from five transcription models, from lightning-fast to ultra-accurate
- Built-in search and quick edit tools
- Export as .srt subtitles or .txt text files
- Use your generated subtitles with compatible with video players like VLC
You can search the transcription and make quick edits to the text before saving it
Save the transcription as a subtitles file (.srt) or as a simple text file (.txt). You can then play the original video with VLC or other video players using these subtitles.
3rd party licenses:
This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded from here (3rdparty_src.zip).
This software uses code of Qt licensed under the LGPLv3.0 and its source can be downloaded from here (3rdparty_src.zip).
This software uses code of whisper.cpp licensed under the MIT and its source can be downloaded from here (3rdparty_src.zip). This software uses code of Vulkan licensed under the Apache2.0
What Users Are Saying:
"The demo showed that it worked so I bought the app. I like that it is not subscription based. The interface was simple and easy to understand. It too an hour running in the background to process my 8gb file. I had been searching off and on for months trying to find an app to translate to text and had pretty much given up, so many thanks so for developing this and making it available. Well worth the $29." — Eden_Ahbez
Purchase
In order to download this tool you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $29 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Private Transcriber Pro 2.7.0: word-timed lyrics and leaner long-file transcript...2 days ago
- Private Transcriber Pro v2.6.4: Batch Transcription Has Arrived!47 days ago
- Private Transcriber Pro v2.5.1 for Windows and macOS is out nowJul 26, 2025
- Private Transcriber Pro v2.4.1: Now Blazing Fast⚡️with GPU Acceleration!May 19, 2025
- v2.1.4 is out now with a live preview of the transcription and some bug fixesMay 11, 2025
- PrivateTranscriberPro now has a macOS version!Apr 16, 2025
- More models included for more accurate transcriptionsJul 30, 2024
- Introducing Private Transcriber ProJun 30, 2024
Comments
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Hi, I tried the demo and it worked flawlessly, so I bought the full version. It does not work at all for me (ver. 2.7.0 - running on Windows 11). When I run it, it opens a window, then whether I drag and drop a file onto it, use file > open or file > add to queue it just opens a new window (almost like a new instance of the program). The original window gets a progress bar and a stop button and says transcribing and the file name, but it never does anything. The process in task manager starts to use a load of memory but it never uses any CPU. I have an AMD GPU so i realise that the GPU accelatation won't work, but I tested with it on and off and it still does nothing. If I close the new window that opened it gives me an error reading "could not read the audio from "filename". The file may be missing unsupported or corrupt". I am testing with the same file that worked perfectly in the demo. If I try to load a file in the second window, it creates a third and still nothing happens.
I just realised that a new version has been released between me trying the demo yesterday and me buying the software, maybe that is the issue.
Yeah I just tried he new demo, that also does the same thing so it must be an issue with 2.7.0 that wasn't present in 2.6.4 - is there any way to download old versions?
You can download older version using the itch.io app, the website always shows the latest one only.
But I just published v2.7.1 which should fix your issue, so no need to go back to a previous one.
Hi Maffers80, thanks for the detailed report, and sorry about that.
You were right: it wasn’t your AMD GPU. Version 2.7.0 had a bug and you found it. That's fixed in v2.7.1. Please update from the itch.io page and try again with that same file, it should work normally now.
Sorry for the hassle, and thanks again for buying it and taking the time to write this up. If anything still looks off after updating, let me know.
Thanks for the quick patch, I'll give it a try later. Is there any possibility of GPU acceleration working with AMD GPUs in the future? I have been using the program WhisperDesktop, which can use my AMD GPU (possibly using ZLUDA, but I'm not 100% sure of that) and runs about 10x faster than PTPro, but it is no longer being developed and it hallucinates random things too often. Also I see that PTPro uses v1 Language models, can we swap these out with newer models? Or do we need to stick with the ones provided?
Hi Maffers80,
GPU acceleration is done with Vulkan, which should work with AMD cards if the driver supports it. Here's some official info about Vulkan driver support for AMD
The models used in the app are simply a subset of the current ones. Largest bundled model is large-v1 as those were the ones that created the best outputs, and I don't want to increase even more the size of the app, the slider goes tiny→large-v1.
If you want to use a different model, you can do it by simply overwriting the model file itself (keep the same names though for the program to work). For example you can overwrite large-v1 with large-v2 and when the slider is at the most accurate one it will use large-v2 (it will load a model called large-v1 but the contents will be the large-v2 model).
That way you should be able to run any similar model that you want.
That works great, thanks so much. It is also working with my GPU (7900XTX) which has made it much faster.
One issue that I have noticed, both with PTPro and WhisperDesktop is that often a couple of lines of dialogue will get "stuck" and keep repeating. I understand that this might just be a weakness inherent to the whisper AI method, but wondered if you have tips for mitigating it?
Glad the GPU acceleration is working well on your 7900 XTX!
As you say, the stuck/repeating lines are basically coming from Whisper itself.
A few things that you could try on the app today:
- Try with a different model (smaller or larger). This sometimes fixes some issues.
- Set the spoken language explicitly in Settings instead of Auto Detection.
- Prefer cleaner dialogue audio when you can to avoid background noise.
There’s no perfect switch for it yet though, Whisper can still loop sometimes.
Hi,
Thank you so much for developing this great app. I just couldn't find the ability to split subtitles word by word — so instead of a full sentence showing at once, each individual word gets its own timestamp and flashes on screen one at a time. Is that something you could add? Would love to purchase if so!
Hi Karam,
I just published v2.7 which comes with word-timed lyrics (.lrc) using the Enhanced LRC standard as one of the outputs. Check it out!
OMG, I've been looking forward to your reply! 😊
I'm really happy to see you added word-timed lyrics. But sadly that didn't work for me at all :(
I want to use this great app as a replacement for Premiere Pro's built-in speech-to-text captions, which I've found to be pretty unreliable. Your app is so close to being perfect, so I was hoping the below might be possible.
Currently, the app lets you output word timings in an
.lrcfile, with words timestamps embedded within each line. However, this produces synchronized lyrics rather than true word-by-word subtitles.Would it be possible to add an option to export word-level timestamps in
.srtformat instead? In other words, each individual word would be its own subtitle entry with its own start and end timestamp.I tried converting the
.lrcfile to.srtusing online converters, but they don't solve the problem because the word timestamps remain embedded within each subtitle line. What I hope would be implemented is for each word to become its own separate subtitle line with its own timestamps.Love your work and I hope you can make this happen!
Hi karam.winsas@gmail.com,
I just published v2.7.2 which comes with another output option that saves a .srt file with one word per line.
Check it out!
Lets goooo!!
Just bought the full version, so excited to finally use it!
love your work.
God bless
https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/1ucpifb/audio_file_transcription_soft... mentioned your program :-)
Nice, thank you!
Thank you for the 2.64 release. I think I may have found a bug (or two). Sometimes "add files to queue" does not work (files not found). And most files > 1 GB crashes the program.
Still LOVE the program of course!
Hi wtinjalanugraha,
I just published v2.7 which should fix those issues and also it now supports timestamps per word based on the Enhanced LRC format (.lrc)
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you. It's a fun (and useful) program. Thank you for making it affordable. Will spread the words!
Not sure if it's an easy addition or a tough one but adding Chinese with traditional characters would be nice. For example, Taiwanese stuff is usually transcribed with traditional instead of simplified. It's not super important since there are some softwares that can quickly convert afterwards but it would be appreciated regardless.
I have realised that the second-most-accurate model listed for Chinese does seem to transcribe in traditional. No problem there after all
Great to hear it worked for you Dr Patriot!
Unfortunately after trying a different video file the same model is now giving me simplified characters. So maybe it would be for the best after all to find out if it's possible to get two separate options like "Chinese (Simplified)" "Chinese(Traditional)" but it's no big deal. It would be appreciated though!
I've looked into it more. It seems like people recommend using something called "
--initial_prompt" to specify which type of Chinese characters they want in the output. I think this is something put in the command line like a parameter or something. In my case, my technical knowledge is shallow enough that I don't know how this could be done using Private Transcriber Pro.Another suggestion... sorry if this is too many... provide some way to edit the other whisper configuration options like "compression ratio threshold", "word level timestamps", "length penalty", etc.
Windows Defender is not letting me run the software because it says it has a Wacatac.C!ml trojan virus in it . I did not have the same issue with v2.5.1. Is it possible the v2.6.4 installer is infected?
Hi edesge,
Most probably it is a false positive, but i will have a look at it and see why that's happening.
Hi edesge,
That's almost certainly a false positive. Please try the new v2.7.0 build and let me know if Defender still flags it.
how do i update my current version?
Hi Hmabad,
You can just download the new version. They are independent, so you can keep multiple versions if you want, or just keep the latest and delete the older ones if you want.
Hi, I just purchased this and I keep getting an error when I try to open the downloaded file that says "You can’t open the application “PrivateTranscriberPro” because this application is not supported on this Mac." I'm not really sure what the problem is since my os is updated to the latest version. I was really excited about this so any help would be appreciated!
Hi izymc,
Let's make it work.
What specific version of macOS are you using? (macOS Tahoe 26.5?)
And is it an Intel based or Apple Silicon chip?
It might be that Apple doesn't allow you to run an app made for an older version of the OS?
I will be publishing an update soon anyway, so hang tight!
Hey izymc,
I just published an update, v2.6.4, which brings batch transcription and updated underlying libraries.
Try it now and see if it works!
Hi!! Thanks for your quick reply. It now says
You can’t use this version of the application “PrivateTranscriberPro” with this version of macOS.
My os is Sequoia15.7.7, but there are no new updates available to me. It might be that my mac is too old?
Here are the devices that can run the latest macOS
https://support.apple.com/en-us/122867
Also worth noting that PrivateTranscriberPro only will work with the M series macs. Intel based macs won't work.
Basically it should work with all M1/M2/M3/M4/M5 based macs, which means you need to have a Mac from at most 2020 (mac mini M1 is the oldest one to be supported)
hi there i am upgrading from windows 2.4.1 to latest version, should i delete the old version first? (sorry if you've answered this too many times already!)
Hi pityadd,
You can keep the older version if you want as they're independent.
The settings or options will be shared by all of them though, so probably it is best to just use the latest version, but you are free to do whatever you want. It's your software!
ok thank you. i only want the latest version. once 2.5.1 is installed & working, i will manually delete 2.4.1.
Hey pityadd,
I just updated Private Transcriber Pro to v2.6.4 with batch transcription, so make sure to install this one!
thanks much, looking forward to using it!
Are there any plans to add a capability to separate speakers and export into a verbatim formatted transcription text file (txt or word)?
Hi JibbySauce
You can save as txt now, just need to select that format before saving.
Separation of speakers is in the plan.
Hi, I just bought the software today, and it really did not work at all. I mean, the translation was very inaccurate. I ended up knowing about Subtitle Edit, which did a very accurate job and basically for free. How can I get a refund ASAP? Sorry about the inconvenience, but it has really disappointed me
Hi, the demo works exactly in the same way that the full version works, just with some limitations.
If you tried the demo, and it didn't work, then you should not have bought it.
Also, the software works, as you can see from hundreds of happy paying customers.
You can absolutely start a refund process with itchio, but please be honest.
I am being honest, it did not work, I adjusted to the highest level of accuracy. I let it work, most parts of the movie (a movie in Spanish called "Lost olvidados", The Young and the damn in English), and it only generated a [Music] subtitle in most of the movie. Subtitle Edit gave me a much better job. I am sorry, but just as you asked, I have to be honest. Thank you anyway.
I just bought the software and it worked perfectly on the first run. It could use a few features, though.
Edit: I think I spoke to soon about how good this is at transcribing. I'm running into a problem where it's repeating text hundreds of times over.
The AI model really doesn't understand the stop and start of speech.
I'm another user, and I started using it to create subtitles from videos that I downloaded from YouTube, etc. These video files did not come with a subtitle file.
It does create the hearing‑impairing stuff, like music, I noted.
But it would be such a nice upgrade if it could work with more than one file and automatically save.
I am just a very happy user. Very, very happy.
p.s. https://sites.google.com/site/tsdarkness/batchsubtitlesconverter I use this program to correct subtitle files when there are errors in them.
Both of these programs are worth every penny, and I am grateful they set the price to be affordable because I want to support them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Streamfab/comments/1svssuq/ai_subtitles/ I mentioned your program in Reddit.
Hi wtinjalanugraha,
I just published Private Transcriber Pro v2.6.4 which brings batch processing, that means you can now drag and drop a bunch of files and walk away as you wanted!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey therealdrl,
Just updated Private Transcriber Pro to v2.6.4 which brings batch processing. I think you might be interested to know as you were requesting this feature.
I recently purchase this software and installed in windows. It doesn't work. It stops transcribing in middle of the video.
Could you please process the refund?
Hey, the demo works exactly in the same way that the full version works, just with some limitations.
If you tried the demo, and it didn't work, then you should not have bought it.
Also, the software works, as you can see from hundreds of happy paying customers.
You can absolutely start a refund process with itchio, but please be honest.
This tool is incredible, however I have noticed some quirks. I've been using this tool to create subtitles for media that doesn't have any. The issue I've encountered is the timing of the subtitles. Sometimes some of the dialogue will appear prematurely before the sentence is said. Or if if there's context like [Music], [Screams], etc, the caption will just sit there indefinitely until there's new dialogue. I'm not sure if it's overcompensating the timing based on the transcription model? I've been aiming for maximum accuracy.
Same as one of the comments from a month ago, I would like to try the software demo Windows version but cannot download it. I got the itch.io app, signed up for an account and searched but could not find it there. Nothing even close to the title comes up. Any help?
Hi vbanci,
You can simply click on Download right here, no need to search for anything else...
Here's a screenshot of where to click:
Yesterday it didn't but today it works! Thanks.
I have a Co pilot Surface Pro 11 with a Snapdragon ARM CPU, and I’m encountering the following issue when trying to transcribe audio or video files:
Error message:
“An error occurred when trying to transcribe the file. ERROR CODE: 2”
I’ve tested several different files, and none of them work on the Snapdragon device. However, when I try the exact same files on my Intel-based Surface, transcription works without any issues.
Could you please look into adding support for the Snapdragon variant,If you can do this I will Definitely buy this program?
Hi hardworking323,
Thanks for the detailed description of the issue.
I see where the issue is. Basically Private Transcriber Pro uses optimised x86_64 instructions to speed up the transcription process. Since ARM doesn't have those instructions, it just crashes.
There might be support for Windows on ARM in the future, but it is low in the priority, so it's basically an unsupported platform at the moment.
I didn't specify that the version I would like to download is for Windows.
Good morning, I would like to try the app before purchasing it, so I have tried to download the demo version several times, but I cannot complete the download because I get the error message ‘the file is not available on the site’. What should I do? Thank you.
Hi Faboineag,
The files are hosted at itch.io, which are not managed by me. Here is a post from them explaining what you can do if you're having issues with the downloads: https://itch.io/post/597689
I hope this helps.
I am a user-I have to say that this program is shockingly good for what it does. I have a few MP4 videos that I needed to create SRT subtitles for, and I have a few options: this program and two others. I find that my setup(desktop, i9, 128 G of RAM and RTX 4090) works very quickly and accurately with this program, and for the price, it's really amazing.
Thank you for the update!!!
So, when I open the app it shows only this blank screen and it won't let me drag any files in for transcription. Any ideas? My apologies if this issue has already been addressed earlier in the comments. Thanks
Hi michellekrollerlaw,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I just tested this on my macOS machine with Sequoia 15.5 and you're absolutely right!.
This is curious as I recently published v2.4.2 to fix another GUI issue on macOS and it was definitely working fine then.
Anyway, I will fix this issue for the next release which should be coming soon!
Hi michellekrollerlaw,
I've just released v2.5.1, which fixes the issue you were having in macOS.
Thanks for this it's really great, can you make a Linux version? Ubuntu? Fine with CLI even with input.mp3 output.txt option
Hi soulrider4ever,
You can use the Windows version in Linux with wine
Having issues with the 2.4.1 on Windows where it will repeat the same line over and over again, example: 15 instance of a row of:
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whether it's translated to English or left untranslated (in Swedish) -- how would I go about fixing that?
Hi ultracolathompson,
If you experience some of those issues, probably the simplest way to fix it is to select a different model, either a more accurate or a faster one.
Have done this several times and still wound up with the same choppy result. Is time of video a potential issue?
Hi ultracolathompson,
Sometimes the model gets confused if there are other sounds as well. Some things you could try are basically choosing a different model (select one that is more accurate or one that is faster), and also you could split the input into smaller sections, specially at the times that it is getting these issues.
Hope that helps!
Very happy with your program, thanks again! Even though it's working well most of the time, I have a few videos where I just get a long list of [speaking in French] or even [speaking on foreign language] even though it's all French, and a very clear one with no accent (documentaries videos). A bit hard to understand these fails! I also tried another documentary with mixed languages used (with interviews for instance), and I can confirm that German is not being picked up for some reason. Also it doesn't look like it's able to pick up different languages in 1 single file - it was probably not meant to be used that way but it could be super nice if it was possible!
Hi jairoaf,
Yes, the automatic detection uses the start of the audio and sometimes it might guess incorrectly.
I am preparing a new version that will allow the user to select the language manually as well, so it should fix this issue.
Hi jairoaf,
I've just released v2.5.1, which adds the ability to manually set which language the audio is in. This should help you when the automatic language detection doesn't work properly. Note that it does only work with one language per input file.
Awesome - just tested it and it seems to solve the issue indeed. One thing you might want to know though, is the fact the drag and drop functionality doesn't work anymore (a "forbidden/stop" icon replaces the mouse cursor). I'm on windows 10.
Also, I still have 1 issue with 1 specific video where the automatic transcript stops (it starts repeating the same line 15 times then nothing, despite of 20mins of video left - settings change with the accuracy slider didn't help). But I think I identified a pattern - the previous video where French/no dialog was picked up at all started with a rather strong background music. But it's now picked up properly when French is forced in the settings. That other video I just mentioned picks up the French properly but stop at a moment when again, the video has a stronger music background before the talking resumes. Could the model struggle when unusual music type/noise level is heard? Nothing that I really need to be fixed to be honest (I solved the issue by editing the bit with the music out of the video) but it's just food for thoughts if you ever see someone else is having similar issues and you fancy working on a solution.
Thanks though! I'm happy with the update!
Hello! I found your app from a post about qualitative transcripts on Reddit. I am just wondering if it is possible to have the .txt have timestamps similar to the .srt version. Additionally, it would be great to be able to download/copy the table that is created in the transcriber for easier upload to programs like NVivo. Thanks!
Hi cmbruse,
I am not familiar with the NVivo program, but if there is any other standard output that would be useful, then I could have a look at it.
Thanks. These are the formats that we have to upload to NVivo: https://help-nv.qsrinternational.com/15/mac/Content/files/import-audio-video-tra..., so if you were able to have one of these formats as your output, you'd gain a huge qualitative researcher following! This is a gap for us in using the program.
Great, thanks for the link cmbruse.
I will add that format in a future version.
Hey dude - awesome initiative here, online subscription based services are hell. Happy to support your work. But before I buy, 2 questions:
- Does it support French?
- I suspect a lot more people would go for this tool if it was a little bit more than a "subtitles maker". Do you think there would be any way to have an option where the produced result is more formatted like normal text, rather than something with a timecode for each line? To have both options would be incredible
Hi Jairoaf,
Thanks for the nice words.
Yes, it should be able to translate French. You can download the demo and see how it works. At the moment it automatically detects the language, and in a new version it will allow you to manually specify the language as well in case there is any issues with the automatic detection.
Normal text is already supported. You have the option of saving the result as either subtitles (.srt) or normal text (.txt). You can also test this in the free demo.
Download the free demo and see how it works for you!
Thanks! I pulled the trigger after trying the demo - amazing program!
Hello, does it support transcribing in Indonesian?
Hi yahyayasin,
Yes, Indonesian should be fine. You can always download the free demo and see how it performs with your files.
With one subscription, can I download both for PC and Mac and test which GPU is faster for me?
I have to transcribe hours and hours of someone basically wearing a wire. There are sometimes hours of nothing. Will the app be able to speed through those parts?
Hi frymeapples,
There's no subscription, you pay once and get to use it forever, with free updates as well.
Both versions, macOS and Windows, are included in the price. You can run them on any number of computers you have.
The best way to test how long it takes is to simply test with the free demo. You can download it for macOS and Windows. The demo basically does the same as the full version, but the output is changed once it finishes, every other line of the transcription is changed to a demo sentence.
Unfortunately, automatic speech recognition does not work for me. I have tried all models, various variants of audio and video files. Also in the metadata my language German is set correctly. But it is never recognized. It is transcribed either in Russian, Chinese, English, etc., but no German. Would it be possible to simply add a menu in the settings where you can select your language? Can you please improve that, that would be very helpful. Use MacOS 14.7.6.
Hi Mirko66,
Yes it can be done.
I will add this on the next update, thanks for mentioning this.
Thanks!
For information: In the meantime, I was able to try out and test the software under MacOS 15.5 (Sequoia) and found that it is not possible to export the transcriptions as "srt" or "txt". No export dialog opens for the two menu items! Please check compatibility. Thank you very much!
Hi Mirko66,
Good catch, I just tested this on macOS 15.5 and you're right, it doesn't open the dialogs (seems to be a bug in the underlying GUI library, Qt).
I just uploaded an updated version for macOS that fixes this (v2.4.2).
Thanks for the quick update, now the export in MacOS 15.5 works fine
I'm already waiting for the upcoming update when the menu item language selection is added so that it can be transcribed in German.
As mentioned before, I've just released v2.5.1, which allows you now to choose the language manually.
Hi Mirko66,
I've just released v2.5.1, which adds the ability to manually choose the language of the input audio. This should fix the issue when the automatic language detection doesn't work properly.
Thank you samontab, now runs smoothly :)
Does this app support rtx 5000 series gpus (mainly rtx 5090)?
Hi Knightchampion,
I haven't tested it with that particular card, but it should work with most modern ones. The easiest way to check would be to run the demo with the GPU option set.
I can't deny that the program is excellent. However, I'm experiencing an issue. After doing 2–3 transcriptions, the program shuts down by itself. I'm working with .mp4 files, but the problem doesn't seem to be with a specific file, because the same files that cause the program to crash work fine when I open them again
Hi abadhernan,
Thanks for your kind words, and for taking the time to report this bug. I will have a look at it and get it fixed for the next release!
Great app! it would be great if you could add a queue of files to transcribe
Hi abadhernan,
Thanks for that great suggestion, that would be very useful indeed.
Yes I am also after transcribing multiple mp3 files. I don't care if it takes a while to do so but I don't want to add file one at a time. Other than that I really like the program.
Hi Hatch,
I just updated Private Transcriber Pro to v2.6.4 which brings batch processing of files, so now you can just drag and drop a bunch of files and it will process them one by one. I thought you might want to know.
Hi abadhernan,
I just published Private Transcriber Pro v2.6.4 which now allows you to add a queue of files to transcribe. I thought you might want to hear about this.
Hello! I bought the software a couple of days ago, but I am just testing it today (I replied to you on reddit!). The file that I am trying to transcribe was a DVD that I converted to mp4 with HandBrake, and clocks at about 1 hour, 20 minutes approx. 389mb.
The file is recognized by the software, and it says in the bottom "Transcribing filename.mp4". However, it doesn't go past 0%. And after 5 minutes or so, the text that says "Transcribing ..." disappears. But the progress bar still shows 0% as if there was a file loaded.
I then tried without GPU acceleration on options, and the text with the file name remains, but it still doesn't show any progress. Is that to be expected with a file of that size?
My notebooks is kind of old, a 2015 ThinkPad with an intel i7-5600U. Maybe it is expected to be that slow? It has been running for 1 hour now, and it still shows it at 0%. Maybe a way to know if it is running, or stopped and should be loaded again.
Thank you for any help! And please tell me what else should I report. Cheers!
Hi AlejoOdgers,
Thanks for your purchase!
The first thing that I would do in your case is to test with a smaller video or audio, one that is one minute for example. Just drag and drop it and see how long it takes your system to transcribe it. Most probably it will take longer than that one minute since the CPU is from 2015, so it will be much slower than a more modern machine.
Now that you know how long it roughly takes (for example double the time, or ten times, whatever it is), you will be able to get a rough idea of how long it would take on your machine to transcribe that file of 1 hour 20 minutes.
Usually I would recommend using the GPU option, but for a machine that old, probably it will cause more problems than what's worth. That's one of the reason why I added this option, to be able to skip the GPU if there are any issues. So, try it without the GPU, that's the most reliable way.
Now, after you have an idea of how long it would take, run it, and leave it there doing its thing. You can check that the application is working properly by opening up the Task Manager. You will see the name of the application and the CPU usage. You can open the Task Manager in Windows by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
I would leave it overnight running, because my guess is that it would need a few hours to process a file that is 1 hour and 20 minutes. Modern machines need about the same amount as the input, so a decade old machine would need quite a bit more.
Looks like very usefull tool.
Thanks Adeptus7!, glad you found it useful.
I found a bug (i think) in the new 241 version.
When selecting the most accurate (biggest) model, it outputs random garbage text for quite a while, then after a few minutes into the video it starts picking up the correct language, and translates it correctly.
On the default middle setting it translates the video fast and correct!
PS: on the most accurate setting it also often crashes the app at the very end of loading the video, before it begins transcribing it (.mp4 720p vids).
The video file itself is not the issue, since the middle setting does the whole video correctly without crashing.
The program has no error-log when it crashes, so I cant be helpful in providing that info, so maybe an idea to implement such a log in the future? (see image below for results)
Thanks for the detailed message.
This is something that comes from the model itself, so I will have a proper look at it. Maybe I will need to expose some extra settings that will be available as "Advanced settings" to make it work properly.
Hey! Great work!
The new GPU version (v241) is waaay faster than the older (v214)
(PS: important question below the picture, so view the rest of this post)
Is it possible to have it translate to other languages than "English" ?
I assume the AI is first transcribing the audio to text in original language, then the AI translates the sentence to English also using the AI, right?
If that is the case then a dropdown list of languages the AI supports would make it possible to translate a german video into norwegian subtitles, or as now getting the german video into an english subtitle.
Can you possibly add this? Or would it be more complicated than I think?
Hi AlexData-Hawkhill,
Yeah, the GPU enabled version is much faster. Glad you got this update.
In terms of the translation, it actually doesn't work exactly like that. The model itself basically only does transcription to the same language. The model just has a "bonus" feature that allows direct translation from audio to English, no intermediary text to translate.
Having a full translation from any language to any other language is outside the scope for this app. If there's interest, I could publish an independent app that does full translation of subtitles and text from any language to any other one, which would complement this app.
An independent app that does full translation of subtitles and text from any language to any other one, is indeed very interesting!
It should of course have GPU support as well as CPU support.
It would be truly awesome if it could also have the support for converting .SRT into .VTT (WebVTT). That format has a header (3 lines) and all dots in the time-stamp unlike .SRT that has one comma in their timestamp. It also has the ability to place text at different positions on the screen, but the normal/default captions/subs position we're all used to is: align:middle size:95% line:95
The incrementing block-numbering before each block of "timestamp+position+text" as one has in .SRT, is optional in .VTT
Example (WebVTT) .VTT Subtitle/Captions File:
WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.380 align:middle size:95% line:95
So how do you make a web page that looks like this where you have a video and it shows a
00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:14.680 align:middle size:95% line:95
nice picture where you can put the title of the video or information about what the video
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:23.560 align:middle size:95% line:95
is about and it has obviously this video player which has this hamburger menu over here
So as you see, very similar to the .SRT format, but the benefit of this format is that it can be used with HTML5 players, so you can upload it directly to youtube (or other services supporting sub/caption) and on your own homepage, if you need video with subtitles.
PS: I've made a python script doing this .SRT to .VTT conversion, that i can share it with you, if need be. (not C++ code, but just as easy to read, he he)
Could you please add the following features: translation of SRT subtitles into other languages, an option to adjust the number of words displayed per line, and the ability to keep complete sentences on a single line if desired? Additionally, it would be great to include an AI-powered summarization function. Thank you.
Thanks firefox66 for those great suggestions!
Very nice app! Love the idea of a fast offline transcriber/translator!
I am currently testing the demo, and after doing so I paid and bought this software!
I have two questions I'd like to ask: Do you have an approx. e.t.a (month/year) for when the GPU / CPU switching possibility will arrive in an updated version?
And also I wonder if the app is temporarily writing the text it translates from speech to txt, to a txt file, like every minute or so, just in case the app might crash for unforeseen reasons. So that you may read some of it, if you have to restart the procedure due to a random app-crash?
Hi AlexData-Hawkhill,
Thanks for the kind words.
I will integrate GPU support in the next update, so it shouldn't be too long.
The app keeps the transcription in memory. In theory I could add an "autosave" of the transcription if the app is interrupted for any reason, before exiting. I could add this as well for the next update.
Nice! Looking forward to your next update!
v2.4.1 just released, which includes GPU acceleration.
Hello, i downloaded the demo, and when i import the audio file, the software shutdown unexpectedly.
Hi tok-ai, can you describe the environment, such as your OS (Windows, macOS, Linux), and the type of audio file you are using? If it's possible to share with me an audio file that is causing you this issue I could try to replicate the problem. You can msg me directly on reddit (/u/samontab)
Hi tok-ai,
This issue should now be resolved in v2.1.4 which I just released
Hi thanks for the fix! Now i can import my wav files. I also bought the transcriber and ready to begin to work.
Glad it's working for you now, all the best!
Hey Samontab ! PrivateTranscriber looks quite awesome. However, I find it very hard to evaluate with the demo version whether the app provides an accurante transcription of the audio I've submitted. Could it be possible to either A/ change the demo version to gather one every two minutes, rather than by segments of 10 secs ; or B/ to send you ONE audio file to get the full transcription ? I do have the feeling that would be more helpful to evaluate. Many thanks ! All best.
Hi LotekDotItch,
Sure!, just comment here with a link to download the audio file, or if you prefer you can send me a PM at reddit (/u/samontab)
Great, thanks !
It works! Oh wow!!!! Used it on a video from Youtube-it transcribed it correctly (saved to SRT file). THANK YOU!
I'm glad it worked for you, wtinjalanugraha :)