Every voice memo, transcribed.
Every time.
Record on your Apple Watch, iPhone, or Mac. My Transcriber picks it up, transcribes it with Whisper AI, and puts the text in your folder as markdown — searchable, shareable, and ready for your AI tools. 99+ languages. Runs locally. Free.
Free download. Apple Silicon recommended. macOS 15.0+
You already record voice memos.
Now make them useful.
Apple Voice Memos is great for recording. But the built-in transcription? Only ~12 languages, doesn't always work, and the text stays trapped inside the app with no way to export it. My Transcriber fixes all of that.
It just shows up in your folder
Record a voice memo. Walk away. The transcript appears in your folder as a markdown file, organized by date. Background processing catches up even if you recorded while offline or on the go. You don't have to think about it.
Record on your Apple Watch during a walk. By the time you're at your desk, it's transcribed.
Live transcript while recording
In a workshop or meeting? The transcript writes to the file as people speak. Open it alongside your notes to check what someone said five minutes ago — without stopping the recording.
"Wait, what was the deadline?" Just check the file.
Your team's transcripts, one folder
Point My Transcriber at a shared Dropbox or SharePoint folder. Each person gets their own account subfolder. Everyone's transcripts are organized, searchable, and accessible to the whole team. No special software needed to read them.
Markdown files. Anyone can open them.
99+ languages. Automatically.
Apple Intelligence handles a handful of languages. Whisper handles 99+ with automatic detection. Speak Swedish in a standup, get Swedish text. Switch to English mid-sentence, it follows. No settings to change.
Essential for anyone not working exclusively in English.
Ways people use it
Any time you'd record a voice memo, My Transcriber makes sure the text ends up somewhere useful.
Meeting notes
Hit record on your Apple Watch. The transcript shows up in your team's shared folder with timestamps. No recording software to install.
Phone calls
Both people record on their own device. Both transcripts land in the shared folder with timestamps — reconcile them later into a complete record.
Quick thoughts
Record a voice memo while walking. By the time you sit down, the thought is already a text file in your folder, ready to act on.
Workshops & lectures
Live transcript builds up as people speak. Open the file during the session to reference what was said. No stop-and-copy cycle.
Podcast drafts
Each host records their own voice memo. Transcripts with timestamps make it easy to edit and compile without dedicated podcast software.
AI context
Drop transcriptions into Claude Projects or ChatGPT for summarization, task extraction, or follow-up. Your voice becomes structured input for any AI workflow.
How It Works
Works with Apple Voice Memos. No configuration needed.
Record
Hit record in Apple Voice Memos — on your Mac, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Or use the in-app push-to-talk button.
It transcribes
My Transcriber detects the recording and transcribes it locally with Whisper AI. Live if you're at your Mac, or catching up in the background when you return.
Text in your folder
The transcript is a markdown file organized by date. Open it, share it, search it. Accept it to delete the audio, or keep both.
No cloud. No accounts. No API keys. Just download and go.
How It Compares
| Feature | My Transcriber | MacWhisper | Wispr Flow | Apple Voice Memos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Voice Memos transcription | Yes | No | No | Partial |
| Live transcript to file | Yes | No | No | No |
| Background catch-up processing | Yes | No | N/A | No |
| Markdown output | Native | Export only | No | No |
| Shared team folder | Yes | No | No | No |
| Languages | 99+ | 99+ | 100+ | ~12 |
| Runs locally | Yes | Yes | No (cloud) | Yes |
| Delete audio, keep text | Yes | No | N/A | No |
| Price | Free | $30-80 | $12-15/mo | Free |
Runs entirely on your Mac
Whisper AI runs locally with Metal GPU acceleration. No cloud, no accounts, no data leaves your device. A 30-minute recording transcribes in under 30 seconds on Apple Silicon.
100% offline
After the one-time model download. No internet needed.
No accounts
No sign-up, no telemetry, no data collection.
Your files
Plain markdown on your filesystem. No vendor lock-in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about getting started