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Faster-Whisper-XXLnoScribe
Free

Free to download.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • No Python setup needed
  • Transcribes offline on your own machine
  • Transcription and speaker diarisation run locally, so interview recordings and other sensitive audio never get uploaded…
  • Command-line only, with no built-in graphical interface
  • Large downloads and models
  • Local transcription is slow without a capable GPU, and the output still needs a human pass before it…
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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