Vibe
Desktop app that transcribes audio and video on your own device
In our rankings
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
Transcription is fully offline, but optional transcript summaries use the Claude API, an online service.
3 quotes - Speaker labels and review ×3 3
3/5 means: Speaker identification or a transcript viewer, but not both
Speaker diarization is listed; a realtime preview is listed, but a viewer with audio playback or an editor is not documented.
2 quotes - Export formats ×2 5
5/5 means: Six or more formats, including SRT, WebVTT and a word-processor format (DOCX, HTML or PDF)
Seven formats: SRT, VTT, TXT, HTML, PDF, JSON and DOCX.
1 quote - GPU support and platforms ×2 4
4/5 means: NVIDIA, Apple Silicon, and AMD or Intel GPUs (for example through Vulkan)
GPU support for NVIDIA, AMD and Intel through Vulkan, and CoreML on macOS, on all three systems; a CPU-only mode is not documented.
2 quotes
Evidence (13 quotes)
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“Ultimate privacy: fully offline transcription, no data ever leaves your device”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 2
“Summarize transcripts: Get quick, multilingual summaries using the Claude API”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 3
“Option to transcribe audio from popular websites (YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Twitter and more!)”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 4
“Ollama support: Do local AI analysis and batch summaries with Ollama”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 5
“Speaker diarization”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 6
“Realtime preview”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 7
“Support SRT, VTT, TXT, HTML, PDF, JSON, DOCX formats”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 8
“Optimized for GPU (macOS, Windows, Linux)”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 9
“Optimized for Nvidia / AMD / Intel GPUs! (Vulkan/CoreML)”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 10
“Automatic updates”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 11
“Batch transcribe multiple files!”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 12
“Supports Whisper, Nemotron 3.5, and Parakeet TDT v3 models”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked - 13
“Thanks for github.com/whisper.cpp for outstanding interface for the AI model.”
github.com/thewh1teagle/vibe · checked