oTranscribe
7.2#13 in transcription softwareFree planFree planWebSelf-hosted
VisitoTranscribe vs Whisper
What both publish
| Fact | oTranscribe | Whisper |
|---|---|---|
| Export formats | The application exports Markdown, plain text and its OTR format, and can send transcripts to Google Drive. | txt,vtt,srt,tsv,json,jsonl |
| Purpose | oTranscribe is a free web app for transcribing recorded interviews manually. | Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model for multilingual transcription, speech translation, and language identification. |
oTranscribe plans
- FreeFree
Whisper plans
- Self-hosted WhisperFree
- Whisper (open-source code and model weights)Free
- Whisper API$0.01 a month
Pick oTranscribe if…
It suits people who transcribe interviews manually and want keyboard-controlled playback, timestamps and browser-based saving. It is intended for desktop computer use rather than mobile devices.
Pick Whisper if…
Whisper may suit developers and researchers building speech-processing applications or exploring multilingual transcription and translation. It is also an option for people comfortable installing and running command-line or Python software locally.