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aTrain vs noScribe: catalog facts
aTrain	noScribe
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Includes speaker detection without uploading recordings.	Transcription and speaker diarisation run locally, so interview recordings and other sensitive audio never get uploaded…
Model downloads and local processing resources are required.	Local transcription is slow without a capable GPU, and the output still needs a human pass before it…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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