Podscope
Transcribe your entire podcast library locally, then search every word instantly.
Ask questions, find quotes, pull timestamps. Your audio never touches the cloud.
You know that thing your guest said that would make a perfect clip? The one you'd have to scrub through 90 minutes to find? Yeah, that takes about 3 seconds now.
Type what you remember. Get the timestamp. Done.
Here's the thing: every episode you add makes the whole library more useful. It's not a subscription you're paying into. It's an archive you're building.
And it lives on your Mac. No cloud service that could shut down or jack up prices. Just your content, searchable forever.
"When did I talk about X?" "Summarize this episode." "Find every time I mentioned that sponsor." The AI's actually read your transcripts, so the answers come from your content, not the internet.
Show notes, clip ideas, fact-checking old episodes. Stuff that used to take an hour takes a few minutes.
Your producer needs a clip from episode 87. Your editor wants to fact-check a quote. Your researcher is prepping for next week. Instead of pinging you? They just search the library themselves.
Drop your library in Dropbox, Google Drive, whatever. Everyone on your team gets instant access. No per-seat fees. No "hey can you find that thing" messages clogging your Slack.
You're not just transcribing files. You're building a searchable knowledge base that grows with every episode.
Stored on your Mac. Yours forever. Walk away anytime and keep everything.
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Stop paying anytime. Everything you've built stays on your Mac.
Yes. Your audio files never leave your Mac. Transcription happens locally using Whisper. The only time data leaves your machine is if you use Pro, and even then, only your text questions go to the cloud, never your audio or transcripts.
MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV, and most common audio/video formats. If you can play it, Podscope can probably transcribe it.
Podscope uses OpenAI's Whisper model, which is highly accurate for clear speech. It handles multiple speakers, accents, and background noise well. For best results, use source audio with minimal background music or crosstalk.
Not for the Free tier. Transcription, search, and AI chat all run locally. Pro requires internet for the cloud AI, but your core library and search always work offline.
You keep everything. Your transcripts, your search index, your entire library stays on your Mac. You just go back to the local AI assistant. No data is lost, ever.
Any Mac with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, or newer) running macOS 12+. 16GB RAM is recommended for smooth AI performance. The app uses about 8GB of disk space.