Apple Siri

by Apple

Apple's voice assistant across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and HomePod.

TL;DR

Apple's voice assistant across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and HomePod.

Best for apple-ecosystem users who want hands-free control of native apps and HomeKit accessories. Pricing: Free with Apple device.

Category
Desktop apps
License
—
Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
Free with Apple device
Platforms
iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, Hardware

What it is

Siri runs ASR on-device on modern Apple Silicon and falls back to the cloud for older hardware or unsupported locales. Dictation everywhere on iOS / macOS shares the same recognizer stack.

Best for: Apple-ecosystem users who want hands-free control of native apps and HomeKit accessories.
Watch out for: Siri retains a fixed-vocabulary feel for non-dictation tasks; full on-device ASR is available on A12-and-later iPhones but not all locales.

Install / use

Settings > Siri & Search — built into every Apple device

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported21
HIPAA eligibleNo

Apple Siri vs Whipscribe

FeatureApple SiriWhipscribe
CategoryDesktop appsTranscription APIs
PricingFree with Apple devicefree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages2199
PlatformsiOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, HardwareWeb, API, MCP

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Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX 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.