{"id":917321,"date":"2023-11-02T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/?p=917321"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:48:14","slug":"audio-hijack-mac-whisper-transcription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/11\/02\/audio-hijack-mac-whisper-transcription\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Hijack for Mac now includes speech to text transcription powered by OpenAI&#8217;s Whisper","document_title":"Audio Hijack for Mac now includes speech to text transcription powered by OpenAI\u2019s Whisper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Audio Hijack 4 for Mac just keeps getting better. Today&#8217;s version 4.3 release drops in a whole new Transcribe block to turn speech into text. It&#8217;s powered by OpenAI&#8217;s Whisper tech and is fully included in Audio Hijack \u2013 no recurring fees or limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Rogue Amoeba <a href=\"https:\/\/weblog.rogueamoeba.com\/2023\/11\/02\/turn-speech-into-text-with-audio-hijack-4-3s-new-transcribe-block\/\">announced<\/a> the new feature, which they currently label as beta, in a blog post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Transcribe&nbsp;can convert speech from an astonishing 57 languages into text, providing you with a written transcript of any spoken audio. It\u2019s powered by OpenAI\u2019s automatic speech recognition system&nbsp;Whisper, and features two powerful models for fast and accurate transcriptions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As you would expect from Rogue Amoeba, transcription is processed entirely on your Mac, so it&#8217;s privacy-friendly. You can transcribe audio from a mic input, VoIP apps like Zoom, or files through media playback apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its blog post, the company explains how this makes it possible to easily create timestamped transcriptions of podcasts. For best results, of course, Apple silicon is recommended but not required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Audio Hijack <a href=\"https:\/\/rogueamoeba.com\/audiohijack\/buy.php\">on the Rogue Amoeba website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more\">More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/05\/30\/audio-hijack-4-2-speech-denoise\/\">Audio Hijack for Mac can now run auto speech denoise with Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2022\/03\/31\/audio-hijack-4-for-mac-lands-with-light-mode-magic-boost-and-over-100-new-features\/\">Audio Hijack 4 for Mac lands with light mode, Magic Boost, and over 100 new features<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2023\/03\/25\/how-steve-jobs-stepped-in-to-protect-this-iconic-mac-app-from-the-litigious-riaa\/\">How Steve Jobs stepped in to protect this iconic Mac app from the &#8216;litigious&#8217; RIAA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false,"extended_content":"\t<div class=\"extended\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-custom-post-ad\"><p id=\"\u201cblock-509dc509-45c9-436e-846a-4a2dc98a06e6\u201d\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mosyle.net\/SCB\">This story is supported by Mosyle<\/a><\/strong>, the only Apple Unified Platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/mosyle.net\/SCB\">Mosyle is the only solution<\/a> that fully integrates five different applications on a single Apple-only platform, allowing businesses and schools to easily and automatically deploy, manage, and protect all their Apple devices. 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It\u2019s powered by OpenAI\u2019s automatic speech recognition system&nbsp;Whisper, and features two powerful models for fast and accurate transcriptions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As you would expect from Rogue Amoeba, transcription is processed entirely on your Mac, so it&#8217;s privacy-friendly. You can transcribe audio from a mic input, VoIP apps like Zoom, or files through media playback apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its blog post, the company explains how this makes it possible to easily create timestamped transcriptions of podcasts. 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