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Show HN: Scriber Pro – Offline AI transcription for macOS

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137 points rezivor | 12 comments | 15 Oct 25 12:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source | bottom

Hey HN! Built this because I was tired of waiting hours for transcription services and didn't want to upload sensitive recordings to the cloud.

  Real metrics from my M1 Max: 4.5hr video file transcribed in 3 minutes 32
  seconds. Works completely offline.

   First 5 HN users who click the button on the page get it free. Literally promo code straight to the app sore  


  Key differences vs Rev/Otter:
  - No 2-hour file limits (handles any length)
  - Timecodes stay accurate on long files (no drift from chunking)
  - Supports MP3, WAV, MP4, MOV, M4A, FLAC
  - Exports to SRT, VTT, JSON, PDF, DOCX, CSV, Markdown

  Built for macOS. Happy to answer questions!
1. nvdnadj92 ◴[15 Oct 25 13:00 UTC] No.45591771[source]▶
I vibecoded a similar app. Here’s the open source link, if folks want to build their own:

https://github.com/naveedn/audio-transcriber

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2. rezivor ◴[15 Oct 25 13:16 UTC] No.45592000[source]▶
Slower
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3. ramon156 ◴[15 Oct 25 13:19 UTC] No.45592042[source]▶
Yours isn't OSS, meaning I have no idea what I'm running
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4. rezivor ◴[15 Oct 25 13:23 UTC] No.45592106{3}[source]▶
OSS would be incredibly slow, also seems like overkill for this use case
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5. fl_rn_st ◴[15 Oct 25 13:26 UTC] No.45592147{4}[source]▶
What does that even mean? Why would OSS make it slower? Why would it be an overkill? This is not Producthunt, you have to give at least some kind of explanation for your claims.
6. mpeg ◴[15 Oct 25 13:41 UTC] No.45592400{4}[source]▶
I was going to buy the app, but these responses are putting me off massively. How would making it OSS slow it down?
7. ◴[15 Oct 25 13:47 UTC] No.45592501{3}[source]▶
8. nvdnadj92 ◴[15 Oct 25 13:51 UTC] No.45592574[source]▶
Yes, but by a negligible margin. My program is designed for multi-track audio, which means I run this in parallel on multiple 3 hour recordings, and get results in 12 minutes.

You haven’t shared any architectural details. What model? What size? How can anyone be sure that what you’re building is truly offline?

9. kamranjon ◴[15 Oct 25 14:12 UTC] No.45592883{4}[source]▶
I suspect, from the responses of the creator here, that this app they are selling is likely violating a number of open source licenses…
10. konart ◴[15 Oct 25 14:45 UTC] No.45593444{4}[source]▶
OSS as in open source software. Not Open Sound System. Just in case.
11. ideashower ◴[15 Oct 25 15:32 UTC] No.45594141{4}[source]▶
Can you back up your claim that it's slow?
12. user- ◴[15 Oct 25 15:34 UTC] No.45594179{4}[source]▶
the obnoxious site deisgn and comments like this stopped me from clicking buy in the apple store