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"Paddle Out" footage courtesy of www.paddleoutfilm.com
AI transcription, no subscription, no usage limits. Starts immediately, runs on your computer, and is never used to train AI models.
Imagine if your text editor had a video player. Take free-form notes or fine tune your transcript, with custom snippets and search-and-replace. Insert clickable time codes to jump to precise moments, and control playback from your keyboard or foot pedal.
Fast, frictionless note-taking: Type freely anywhere, mix notes and transcripts, add analysis codes, or leave time-stamped comments.
Combine notes and playback in one window, no tab switching, no clutter.
Control the media while typing
Smart linking: Add clickable timecodes anywhere to jump directly to exact moments.
Click on timecodes to jump
AI-enhanced speech-to-text transcription on your computer.
To auto transcribe, add media, click "Transcribe"
For more information, see our InqScribe and Whisper AI page.
“I'm super impressed and I LOVE that nothing is in the cloud! I will be using that feature for 100% of my transcription work moving forward.”
Stay in flow: control playback and insert text entirely from the keyboard or a foot pedal.
Use a foot pedal for hands-free control
Adjust speed, scrub the timeline, or skip back.
Quickly scrub the whole timeline
Custom shortcuts Assign keyboard shortcuts to media controls.
Reusable snippets: Insert recurring text like speaker names or tags.
Export captions in all major formats—SRT, WebVTT, SCC, XML, and more—for Premiere, Final Cut Pro, YouTube, and broadcast systems.
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00:00:05,267 --> 00:00:07,866
InqScribe works on Mac or Windows.
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00:00:07,867 --> 00:00:12,899
And while this demo is on the Mac version, the software is pretty much identical on both platforms.
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00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:15,432
Using Inqscribe couldn't be simpler.
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[00:00:00.00] InqScribe works on Mac or Windows,
[00:00:07.19] and while this demo is on the Mac version, the software is pretty much identical on both platforms.
[00:00:13.20] Using InqScribe couldn’t be simpler.
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Transcribe interviews, code qualitative data, and create subtitled presentations.
Manually translate interviews and footage into other languages, create multi-language subtitles.
Log dailies, share time-stamped notes with the production team, create paper edits, export to .SRT or FCP XML.
Transcribe, review, and share interview clips with editors.
Produce, refine, and deliver client transcripts in multiple formats.
Caption lectures, document oral histories, and transcribe legal testimony.
InqScribe users span the globe, including the US, UK, Sweden, Egypt, and Japan. Transcribe automatically in dozens of languages, with full UTF-8 Unicode support.
InqScribe runs on virtually any recent macOS or Windows system and supports most popular media and captioning formats. For specifics, see our technical requirements page.
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