Interview transcription

Every quote,
timestamped and attributed.

For journalists, researchers and recruiters: record in person or import the file, get labeled dialogue with word-level timestamps, and search the whole archive later. Your sources’ voices are transcribed on your device and never sent to us.

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One purchase covers Mac, iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch.

How it works

Three steps, no upload.

  1. 1

    Record or import

    Record on iPhone, Mac or Apple Watch, or import audio from any recorder. Long interviews are fine.

  2. 2

    Get labeled dialogue

    Speakers are told apart automatically. Name them once and the labels stay correct in every future conversation.

  3. 3

    Quote and cite

    Tap any line to hear it in context, then export to DOCX, Markdown or SRT, or ask the AI to pull the key quotes.

Features

Made for people who quote other people.

Verbatim, with timestamps

Every word carries its position in the audio, so a quote can be checked against the recording in one click.

Speaker recognition

Interviewer and interviewee are separated automatically. Recurring subjects are recognized across sessions.

Ask the interview

“Where did she talk about funding?” The AI answers with citations that jump straight to the moment.

90+ languages

Interviews in another language are detected automatically. Mixed-language conversations work too.

A searchable archive

Every transcript stays on your device and is indexed, so last year’s interviews are one search away.

Sources stay private

No account, and no transcription vendor ever hears the recording. Delete the app and the library on that device is gone.

Privacy

Why on-device matters for interviews.

A source who agreed to talk to you did not agree to have their voice processed by a transcription vendor. With ThinkScribe the audio is transcribed on your own hardware and never uploaded, which keeps your promise to the source and simplifies any newsroom or ethics review.

Never sent to us
No account required
No ads, no tracking
Transcription works offline
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Can it separate the interviewer from the interviewee?

Yes. Speaker recognition labels each voice automatically, and once you name a speaker the name is remembered in future recordings.

How accurate are the timestamps?

Every word is aligned to the audio. Tap a word to play from exactly that moment, which makes checking a quote fast.

Can I transcribe an interview recorded on another device?

Yes. Import MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC or OGG from Files, or share the file from any app on iPhone.

Does anything get uploaded?

No. Speech recognition and speaker recognition run on your Mac or iPhone, and recordings are never sent to us. For summaries you can choose the built-in ThinkScribe AI model, which also runs on the device. There is no account.

Try the private alternative.

Free to download, with free uses of every Pro feature. No account needed.

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See it on Mac and iPhone.