AI-Media LEXI Local

by AI-Media

Don’t want to install AI-Media LEXI Local? Drop the file here.

The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

On-prem variant of LEXI for stations that cannot send audio to the cloud.

Linux  ·  enterprise · contact sales

TL;DR

Best for government, defense and broadcaster master-control rooms with policies that bar cloud STT. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

Category
Products
Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
Platforms
Linux

What it is

LEXI Local runs the LEXI engine on a customer-managed appliance behind the firewall. It exposes the same captioning interfaces as cloud LEXI but never leaves the customer network — built for parliamentary, defense and security-cleared broadcast environments.

Best for: Government, defense and broadcaster master-control rooms with policies that bar cloud STT.
Watch out for: Requires dedicated GPU appliance; language list smaller than the cloud LEXI; capital-spend model.

Install / use

ai-media.tv/lexi-local — appliance, contact sales

What people actually do with AI-Media LEXI Local-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

AI-Media LEXI Local vs Whipscribe

FeatureAI-Media LEXI LocalWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to AI-Media LEXI Local

Frequently asked about AI-Media LEXI Local

How much does AI-Media LEXI Local cost?

AI-Media LEXI Local does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does AI-Media LEXI Local work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

AI-Media LEXI Local runs on Linux. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Linux.

How do I get started with AI-Media LEXI Local?

There is nothing to install — AI-Media LEXI Local is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of AI-Media LEXI Local?

Requires dedicated GPU appliance; language list smaller than the cloud LEXI; capital-spend model.

Who is AI-Media LEXI Local best for?

Government, defense and broadcaster master-control rooms with policies that bar cloud STT.

Is AI-Media LEXI Local open source?

No. AI-Media LEXI Local is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use AI-Media LEXI Local in the browser?

No — AI-Media LEXI Local is a Linux application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

What kind of tool is AI-Media LEXI Local?

In this directory AI-Media LEXI Local is filed under live caption, broadcast as a product.

What are the alternatives to AI-Media LEXI Local?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/ai-media-lexi-local-alternatives comparing AI-Media LEXI Local with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate AI-Media LEXI Local-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from AI-Media LEXI Local?

AI-Media LEXI Local is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of AI-Media LEXI Local?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the AI-Media LEXI Local category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

Transcribe your recordings

Explore

Have the recording already?

Skip the setup and send the file or the link: see how to transcribe an MP3 of any length, transcribing a podcast episode and an SRT subtitle file from any recording.

Rather have it done for you?

Free tools cost setup time. When you want a finished transcript instead: see an honest roundup of the best transcription services, the cheapest way to transcribe an hour of audio and transcription services from $6.