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Buzz

Desktop app that transcribes and translates audio offline with Whisper models

Visit chidiwilliams.github.io

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Scores on the offline transcription apps criteria

Evaluated Nov 5, 2026
  • What leaves your computer ×3 3

    3/5 means: Transcribes locally, with optional features that send audio or transcripts to an online service when you turn them on

    Transcribes offline and documents a no-internet setup, but it also offers optional speech recognition on OpenAI's servers once you add an API key.

    3 quotes
  • Speaker labels and review ×3 4

    4/5 means: Speaker identification and a transcript viewer with audio playback

    Speaker identification plus a transcript viewer with search and playback controls; editing the text against the audio is not documented.

    2 quotes
  • Export formats ×2 3

    3/5 means: Three formats, including at least one subtitle format

    Three export formats: TXT, SRT and VTT.

    1 quote
  • GPU support and platforms ×2 5

    5/5 means: As 4, on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a documented processor-only mode

    NVIDIA through CUDA, Apple Silicon, and most other GPUs through Vulkan, on Mac, Windows and Linux, with a CPU-only option.

    5 quotes

Evidence (17 quotes)

  1. 1
    “Transcribe and translate audio offline on your personal computer.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs · checked
  2. 2
    “Buzz also supports using OpenAI API to do speech recognition on a remote server. To use this feature you need to set OpenAI API key in Preferences.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/faq · checked
  3. 3
    “Yes, Buzz can be used without internet connection if you download the necessary models on some other computer that has the internet and manually move them to the offline computer.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/faq · checked
  4. 4
    “Speaker identification in transcribed media”
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  5. 5
    “Advanced Transcription Viewer with search, playback controls, and speed adjustment”
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  6. 6
    “Export transcripts to TXT, SRT, and VTT”
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  7. 7
    “CUDA acceleration support for Nvidia GPUs”
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  8. 8
    “Apple Silicon support for Macs”
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  9. 9
    “Vulkan acceleration support for Whisper.cpp on most GPUs, including integrated GPUs”
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  10. 10
    “Available on Mac, Windows, and Linux”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs · checked
  11. 11
    “It can also run on CPU only.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/faq · checked
  12. 12
    “Intel Macs: Buzz now requires Apple silicon.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/installation · checked
  13. 13
    “App is not signed, you will get a warning when you install it.”
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  14. 14
    “Transcribe audio and video files or Youtube links”
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  15. 15
    “Buzz is available as a Flatpak, Snap or Appimage.”
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  16. 16
    “Live realtime audio transcription from microphone”
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  17. 17
    “Whisper.cpp is optimized C++ implementation, it quite fast and efficient and will use any brand of GPU.”
    chidiwilliams.github.io/buzz/docs/faq · checked

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