# MacWhisper

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Mac Whisper, Mac Wisper

A Mac app that [transcribes](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/speech-to-text) audio and video files and dictation on the computer itself, using open speech models such as [OpenAI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatgpt)'s Whisper.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) drops an interview recording into MacWhisper and gets a [transcript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/speech-to-text) without uploading the file anywhere.

Official site: <https://www.macwhisper.com>

## Connects to (5)

- [Speech-to-text](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/speech-to-text): Software that turns spoken words into written text.
- [Local model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/local-model): A model that is downloaded and run on a person's own computer or a company's own servers, not on a provider's.
- [Data privacy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-privacy): How a company collects, uses, stores and shares information about people.
- [Superwhisper](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/superwhisper): A speech-to-text app for computers and phones.
- [Wispr Flow](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wispr-flow): A dictation app for computers and phones.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/macwhisper