Buzz
A free, open-source desktop app that transcribes and translates audio and video offline with Whisper models on your own computer.
About Buzz
Transcribing interviews, lectures or recordings often means uploading private audio to a paid cloud service.
Who it’s for
- People who need transcripts or subtitles of private recordings without uploading them
- Users who want live microphone transcription on Windows, macOS or Linux
When to consider it
Consider Buzz when you want to turn audio or video files into TXT, SRT or VTT transcripts on your own machine, with optional speaker identification and a command-line interface for batch work.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- MIT licensed and free; transcription runs locally on your own computer with the Whisper model you download.
- Current macOS builds require Apple silicon (the last version for Intel Macs is 1.4.5), and the Windows installer is unsigned, so Windows shows a security warning during installation.
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Sources & review method
Documentation-based assessment · Oct 31, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
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Buzz on GitHub
A free, open-source desktop app that transcribes and translates audio and video offline with Whisper models on your own computer.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-31. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.