Features

Everything Transcriber does, in one place — from the recorder you start with to the formats you hand off at the end.

  • 120+Transcription languages
  • 4Apple platforms, one library
  • UnlimitedTranscriptions on one subscription

Capture

Get the audio in — recorded on the spot from any of your devices, or imported from a file somebody else sent you.

4 features

  • The Transcriber recording screen with an elapsed timer and live waveform

    Built-in recorder

    Record directly in the app — no second tool, no importing afterwards. Each recording is written straight into its own document and secured by Apple’s encryption framework.

  • The Transcriber home screen widget with a tap-to-record button

    Widgets

    Put your recent interviews on the home screen, and start a new recording with a single tap without opening the app first.

  • Transcriber running on Apple Watch

    Apple Watch app

    Start a recording from your wrist in one tap and check on your interviews with a glance — the Watch app runs on its own, without your phone nearby.

  • Importing an external audio file into Transcriber

    Import and export

    Bring in audio recorded anywhere else and transcribe it the same way, then export the result wherever it needs to go.

Transcribe and edit

Turn the recording into text, then shape it: correct it, annotate it, and step back through every earlier version.

5 features

  • A transcript being generated from an audio recording

    Accurate transcripts

    Turn a recording into text you can actually work with, with the language set per interview so international material is handled properly. Transcription runs on our servers, so this step needs an internet connection.

  • The language picker listing available transcription languages

    Over 120 languages

    Choose from more than 120 languages and regional variants, set once as a default or changed for an individual interview.

  • Editing a transcript using standard system text controls

    Easy to use

    Transcriber follows Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, so the gestures, controls and shortcuts you already know from the rest of the system work here too.

  • A note attached to one section of a transcript

    Add notes

    Attach a note to a specific moment in an interview, so your own observations sit alongside the transcript instead of in a separate file.

  • The revision history of a transcript

    Revision history

    Every edit creates a new revision and earlier versions stay available, so you can see what changed and go back when you need to.

Organise and personalise

Keep a growing library navigable, and make the app look and behave the way you want it to.

5 features

  • The Transcriber overview listing all saved interviews

    Clean overview

    Every interview in one list, sorted and searchable, showing what you need to pick the right one at a glance and nothing you don’t.

  • The Transcriber sidebar navigation on iPad

    Easy navigation

    Move between interviews, transcripts and notes without losing your place. On Mac and iPad a sidebar keeps the whole library one click away.

  • A .trbr Transcriber document shown in the Files app

    Document-based

    Each interview is a real file — a .trbr document you can move, back up or send like any other. It behaves the way documents on your system are meant to.

  • The advanced settings screen with app icon options

    Make it yours

    Advanced settings let you shape the app around how you work: set a default language, change the app icon, and adjust the details that matter to you.

  • Transcriber displayed in dark mode

    Dark mode

    A true dark mode, designed rather than dimmed — every screen was reworked for it, and it follows your system setting automatically.

Protect and share

Decide who gets to see an interview — and, when the time comes, hand it off in whatever format the other side needs.

4 features

  • Unlocking Transcriber with Face ID

    Private and secure

    There is no account and no login, so there are no credentials to lose. Lock the app itself behind Face ID or Touch ID if you want another layer.

  • Locking an individual interview with Face ID

    Lock sensitive interviews

    Some interviews need more protection than the rest. Lock an individual interview behind Face ID or Touch ID, separately from your wider library.

  • The share sheet with document, audio and PDF export options

    Share

    Share the whole document, the audio on its own, a PDF, or plain text by email — whichever format the person on the other end actually needs.

  • Sharing a transcript through the Transcriber iMessage extension

    iMessage

    Send a transcript straight from Messages, without leaving the conversation to do it.