Transcription apps for Mac
Transcription apps turn spoken audio into editable text for dictation, reviewing recordings, or creating timed subtitles. Some also use transcripts to locate specific speech and guide edits in audio or video.
Recall
Productivity
A notch-based hub for call transcription, clipboard history, media controls, and file staging.
Clipboard manager
Transcription
AUTOMATER.ai
Developer Tools
A menu bar helper for monitoring AI coding agents and searching their session history.
AI agent monitoring
GeekLink
Photo & Video
Subtitle creation and editing software that extracts burned-in captions or transcribes speech.
OCR
Transcription
Oriloq
Productivity
Dictation and audio/video transcription app with local processing on Apple silicon.
Dictation
Transcription
SimplyShot
Photo & Video
Screenshot and screen recording app with scrolling capture and built-in editing tools.
Screen capture
Screen recording
HUUSH
Photo & Video
Video profanity censoring tool with transcript-based editing and on-device processing.
Audio editing
Video editing
Audio Hijack
Productivity
Audio recorder for capturing individual apps, microphones, and system sound on your Mac.
Per-app audio capture
Audio recording