Cadence - Offline transcription with speaker labels for Mac and iPhone
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Turn interviews, meetings, lectures and voice memos into transcripts that show who said what, on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. The free tier is unlimited and includes speaker labels; Pro is one purchase, no subscription.
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Hi, I'm Olivier, I make Cadence.
Cadence transcribes recordings on your iPhone, iPad or Mac and shows who said what. Nothing is uploaded: no account, no server, no per-minute bill.
The free version is not a trial. Two engines (Apple Speech, and Parakeet for 25 European languages), unlimited, with speaker labels, playback that follows the words, search, and TXT/SRT export. Pro is one purchase for all three devices: the full-size models including Whisper for 100 languages, live recording, briefs written by Apple's on-device model, and a speaker library. On the Mac it also adds dictation into any app and an MCP server for AI agents.
What I'd most like feedback on: how the speaker labels hold up on your own recordings, especially with more than two people or people talking over each other.