Turn an existing recording into words
Audio to TextOpen an audio or video file. Whisper transcribes it on your device.
A recording to edit, words to recognise and a voice to generate are different jobs. Choose the source and result you need.
Open an audio or video file. Whisper transcribes it on your device.
Use live local dictation. This tool does not open a recording file.
Generate local Kokoro speech, then save WAV or MP3.
Measure LUFS and true peak. This is different from removing background noise.
Speech models need a first-use download and can make recognition errors. Silence removal is intended for speech, not music. Decoded audio can use much more memory than its compressed file.
These tools have another main home, but help with a related job.
Better together
Follow a route from start to finish. Open any step, or put the first two tools side by side.
Cut first, review the words, then prepare the finished video.
Choose the right source, check the recognised words and edit the result.
Each tool keeps its own work on the desk. Opening a pair does not send files or start a model. A reload loses files held in memory.