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noScribe vs Whisper: catalog facts
noScribe	Whisper
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source, including the model weights.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Transcription and speaker diarisation run locally, so interview recordings and other sensitive audio never get uploaded…	Runs locally, so audio never leaves your machine Transcription, translation to English and language identification
Local transcription is slow without a capable GPU, and the output still needs a human pass before it…	Command-line and Python setup, no graphical interface Larger models are slow without a capable GPU
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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