WhisperBoard: Voice to Text

I have liked the app so far. The only issue I have found is that it can transcribe long form audio. It keeps crashing. I would actually pay to have a working version for long form audio.

I would definitely donate to the creator of this app because it does just what you need for on-device AI transcription: provide a wrapper for downloading and running the models and saving output to the device or cloud. Nothing fancy because it doesn’t have to be. No need to pay for these other transcription services - just put the transcription into chatgpt and get whatever summaries you need for free from there.

This is what all the other apps should be. I more often use it to transcribe audio that I’ve recorded elsewhere (voice memos) so it would be great for this to have Siri shortcut support to create automations for it to transcribe in the background.

Hands down this is the absolute best offline audio to text iOS app on the Apple Store to date. This defines and sets the standard which all "paid" apps have to meet just at a baseline level. Kudos and good vibes to the developer.

I’ve been looking for a decent voice transcriber and no luck without paying for a ridiculous subscription for a simple voice dictation app. Otter will have you paying $130 a year for theirs, just ridiculous. Thank you for creating this app for us that don’t use such tech enough to justify a crazy high priced subscription.

Easy, local, and quick. It lets me quickly dictate something to my phone, convert it to text more accurately than the build in functions and quickly get it sent off in a text or email. Thank you!

So far as the core functionality is concerned, I agree with everyone else : this is the best app out there. It's simple, works great, and provides fills a critical gap. Unfortunately, the UI was created with ONLY the iPhone in mind, which means that it will fill the screen and cut off all buttons if you A) try and use half-screen or slide-over mode on the iPad or B) try and resize the window on MacOS. This seems like a small thing, but 90% of the time I am trying to dictate about *other material on my screen*, which makes it a critical flaw.

Best free voice-to-text app on iOS… it’s wild that this hasn’t moved to a subscription-based payment model.

Best out there and actually free

For macOS, the best options are Wispr Flow, TalkTastic, and superwhisper (in that order).