noScribe (web companion)

by Kai Dröge

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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.

GUI for offline transcription on the browser/desktop with diarization.

Web, Windows, macOS, Linux  ·  free

TL;DR

Best for qualitative researchers needing diarized, offline transcripts with a friendly GUI. Pricing: free.

Category
Products
License
GPL-3.0
Stars
★ 2.1k
Last push
2026-07-21
Pricing
free
Platforms
Web, Windows, macOS, Linux

What it is

noScribe is an OSS browser-launched GUI for offline transcription that wraps Whisper + pyannote diarization. Built for academic research.

Best for: Qualitative researchers needing diarized, offline transcripts with a friendly GUI.
Watch out for: Primarily a desktop GUI; web entry is the documentation hub.

Install / use

Go to noScribe (web companion) github.com

What people actually do with noScribe (web companion)-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 Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

Links

GitHub repo ↗

noScribe (web companion) vs Whipscribe

FeaturenoScribe (web companion)Whipscribe
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
Languages9999
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, LinuxWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about noScribe (web companion)

Is noScribe (web companion) free?

Yes. noScribe (web companion) is free.

Does noScribe (web companion) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

noScribe (web companion) runs on Web, Windows, macOS and Linux.

How do I get started with noScribe (web companion)?

There is nothing to install — noScribe (web companion) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does noScribe (web companion) support?

noScribe (web companion) lists 99 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.

What are the limitations of noScribe (web companion)?

Primarily a desktop GUI; web entry is the documentation hub.

Who is noScribe (web companion) best for?

Qualitative researchers needing diarized, offline transcripts with a friendly GUI.

Is noScribe (web companion) open source?

No. noScribe (web companion) is a proprietary product from Kai Dröge. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Where is the noScribe (web companion) source code?

On GitHub at github.com/kaixxx/noScribe. It is maintained by Kai Dröge.

What kind of tool is noScribe (web companion)?

In this directory noScribe (web companion) is filed under web app, open source, on device as a product.

What are the alternatives to noScribe (web companion)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/noscribe-web-alternatives comparing noScribe (web companion) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate noScribe (web companion)-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 noScribe (web companion)?

noScribe (web companion) 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 noScribe (web companion)?

$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 noScribe (web companion) 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.

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