Interview Transcription Software
Free and Private
For journalists, UX researchers, HR professionals, and qualitative researchers, the interview recording is often the most sensitive file in a project. Uploading it to a cloud transcription service creates a copy of that recording outside your control — on infrastructure you don't own, governed by privacy policies you may not have read. AudioSRT processes every file locally, entirely within your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Whisper handles conversational speech well — accented speakers, overlapping voices, informal language, and the crosstalk that characterizes real interviews rather than scripted content. After transcription, you can clean up filler words and false starts directly in the editor before you export, so the final document is interview-ready rather than raw.
Transcribe an interview →How it works
Record or import your interview
Load any audio format from any recorder — phone recordings, Zoom exports, dedicated field recorders. The file is opened locally; nothing is sent to a server at any point in the process.
Whisper transcribes conversational speech
Unlike rule-based transcription tools that struggle with accents and informality, Whisper is trained on the kind of natural, unscripted speech that characterizes real interviews — including cross-talk, hesitation, and domain-specific vocabulary.
Export and clean up
Edit the transcript before you export — remove filler words, correct misheard proper nouns, and mark speaker turns. Export as plain text to paste into your research tool, report, or analysis software.
Why researchers and journalists use AudioSRT
Source material never uploaded
Zero server copy — your audio stays on your device throughout transcription and export. No third-party infrastructure touches the recording.
Handles natural conversation
Whisper manages overlapping speech, non-native accents, informal register, and domain-specific vocabulary better than consumer voice-memo tools trained on scripted speech.
Edit before you save
Remove filler words, fix misheard names, and annotate speaker turns directly in the editor. The export reflects your edits, not the raw AI output.
Plain text for easy annotation
Export as clean plain text and paste directly into Word, Google Docs, Notion, NVivo, or any qualitative analysis tool your workflow already uses.
Transcribe your next interview
Free. No account. Your recording stays on your device.
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