Hello Transcribe
Ben Nortier Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
Hello Transcribe is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Ben Nortier. Rated 4.4/5 from 38 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6. Updated March 4, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.4
- 38 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 93 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Mar 4
- 2026 · v4.1.10
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About Hello Transcribe
Hello Transcribe is a private and secure speech to text transcriber that uses OpenAI Whisper and Whisper.cpp. • All processing is done on-device for 100% privacy, and it also works offline. • Transcribe voice notes (e.g. WhatsApp), podcasts, or any audio file (many formats supported). • Transcribe supported video formats. • Save encrypted results in iCloud. • Transcribe the microphone feed to dictate notes or record meetings live. • Supports many languages and translation to English. • [PRO] Buy PRO once off, use forever. • [PRO] Use Presets to manage different configurations. • [PRO] Export VTT or SRT files to add subtitles to video or podcasts. • [PRO] Save audio to re-transcribe later or export. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & reviews
4.4
38 ratings
What’s new
Version 4.1.10 · Updated March 4, 2026
4.1.10 - Improved Shortcuts support: Add transcription to shortcut result and complete shortcut automatically. 4.1.7 - Make transcription text copyable - Fix audio encoding of long dictations. Only encode when needed and show progress UI during this process. 4.1.6 - Add LargeV1 and LargeV2 Whisper models. 4.1.5 - Fix crash when recovering from failed dictation. 4.1.4 - Fix sharing from Voice Memos on Mac 4.1.3 - New Docs with with "What's New" indicator. 4.1.2 - Added macOS Share Extension. - Fixed bug with sharing audio from other apps in iOS. - Fixed bug where exporting saved transcriptions doesn't order the segemnts correctly. - Made sheet on macOS taller so you can see more of the transcription. 4.0.8: - Fix bug where app will go to idle while transcribing. 4.0.7: - Added Base and Small models to the free version. - Audio Player and Karaoke text view. - iOS26 support. - Recover from failed dictation. - [PRO] Large v3 Turbo support. - [PRO] Save Audio, re-transcribe saved audio, export saved audio.
App privacy
The developer, Ben Nortier, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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