whisper.cppTranscribe recorded audio into text on your own computer.
Free software. Your hardware + a downloaded model.
Video, audio & media
FunClip
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Transcribe spoken footage and cut video clips directly from selected words in the speech transcript.
What you can use it for
Transcribe spoken footage and cut video clips directly from selected words in the speech transcript.
- Enables precise text-driven video cuts without manual playhead scrubbing.
- Local FunASR model delivers fast multilingual speech recognition.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Speech-to-text transcript generation and text-based video snippet trimming without subscription quotas or per-hour transcription fees.
Before you switch
Requires Python/PyTorch environment setup or Docker container to run locally.
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