Private Transcriber Pro
A downloadable tool for Windows and macOS
Easy to use, simply drag and drop a video or audio file and the software will transcribe it for you automatically.
- Free lifetime access to future versions and updates
- Works completely offline, no internet required
- No GPU required, works on your laptop
- Pay only once and use it forever, no subscriptions or extra fees
- Use it on any number of computers you personally own
It can transcribe languages other than English, and optionally translate them directly to English.
Choose between five different transcription models, from the fastest to the most accurate one.
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).
"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
- PrivateTranscriberPro now has a macOS version!17 days ago
- More models included for more accurate transcriptionsJul 30, 2024
- Introducing Private Transcriber ProJun 30, 2024
Comments
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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 :)
hi there, i just purchased, & have a question: do i load the v1.4.2 (583 MB) file in addition to the v1.5.2 file (4.6 GB)?
thanks!
Hi pityadd,
They are both completely independent versions so you only need one, v1.5.2 has more models so that's why it's larger. It includes everything you need to run it.
Enjoy your transcriptions!
thank you, it is working quite well!
why is it translating English to welsh? and copying the same thing over and over after hours of waiting for it? "Mae'n gwaith unrhyw." and other welsh phrases/sentences over and over? how do i fix this? some of the other transcripts have been fine..
Hi 19sofia99,
Since it is an AI transcription, it might not get it right all the time, and sometimes you might see what you describe.
You can try fixing it by using a different model, either a more accurate one or a faster one. You can select this in Edit->Settings under Transcription Model
Love the app, works fast and remarkably well for the processing speed! I normally use whisperx with pyannote for segmentation and diarization but that process is not well suited to rapidly transcribing video in low latency distribution! My primary use case is to scan video for obscene language prior to general distribution. The drag and drop pipeline with post processing cleanup grid has cut my worktime in half! Quick question, Is there any way to inject into the translation pipeline so I could add Speaker Diarization?
Hi tbruinsma, thanks for the nice comments!
Speaker Diarization is a frequently requested feature, and I will add it in the next update of the application. Hope that helps!
hello, i wanted to ask if this software is able to transcribe live audio- or does it only transcribe from a video file? thank you for your time!
edit: my bad, i saw that you answered this question below!
Hi,
This is fantastic, thank you for providing this. I'm deaf, tryibng to study from videos and it's driving me cray-cray!
Is there way to hook this into system sound so that I can get a rolling transcription of videos that i can'f download or get the URL of? As a student I use Learning Mangement Systems that embed videos but lock out pretty much everything except PLAY!
Google translate (Engish - to - English) is what I'm using now, but i have to pause, screen capture, Google Lens or Snagit to get text, dump in Notepad to clean out non-text, copy to asy Word or OneNote and aaarrrrgh! There has to be a simpler way!
So, can it? Or anything in the pipleine?
Hi Wad Mabbit Society, happy to hear you liked this software.
At the moment, it can only transcribe media files, not directly in real time from the microphone.
One option you can do is to record the sounds coming from your system, and then feed that recording into the software. This will get you the best quality, as real time transcription requires a simpler model, and is also not currently planned for the short term at least.
Hello, there is free trial ? Thank you
Hi rebork5555, you can download a demo of the program to see how it works. Just click on the Download button next to PrivateTranscriberPro DEMO v1.5.2.
Sorry, I didn't see the demo. I've used the demo with a spanish sound archive, but it auto translates to english. Thank you.
Hi Rebork5555, you can keep the transcription in Spanish by selecting "Keep original language" in the Settings menu.. You can see that option by going to the Edit menu, then clicking on Settings. You'll see something like this:
Sorry, I didn't see the language options. Thank you very much. I'm be able to see the original language now. Very nice software.
Am I correct to understand that the application only uses the CPU and not the GPU? Is there a way to switch between?
You are absolutely correct Kijkeenolifant, the current version only uses CPU. In a future version there will be an option to accelerate it with your GPU.
The point was to first make it available to everyone, and then making it better over time with new releases. Anyone that buys it will have access to future versions anyway, forever!
Nice work on the application. Great all in one lightweight package. Would it be possible to include the larger models in the application as well? That's the only downside for me at the moment compared to installing the normal way.
Thanks Kijkeenolifant, great to hear you liked it.
What you say is a valid point. I originally planned to include all the models in the application, but ended up with a file that is way larger than itch.io's maximum allowed download file size (1GB), so I ended up including only a subset of them to make the application pass this constraint.
Having said that, it looks like I can manually request itch.io for a larger maximum file size, so I will update this tool if they increase this limit.
I ended up discovering a different way of uploading files (butler) which is much nicer and doesn't have the 1GB restriction. So, as promised, I just updated the app to include five different model sizes, which are now available in v1.5.2.
I didn't want to include all the 3 versions of the large model as the download is already at about 5GB so I only added large-v1 which seems to be the one with least amount of issues in general, but if you want to use any of the other 2 large models (v2 or v3), you can simply copy the model you want to use to the models folder and change its name to large-v1 and it will use that model instead when you select the most accurate setting.
That is amazing! Thanks for the quick turn around. I will definitely buy a copy :).