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Podcast transcription on your Mac
Turn every episode into a clean, speaker-labeled transcript for show notes, blog posts, and captions — transcribed on your Mac, offline, with no per-minute cloud bill.
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Can I transcribe a podcast on my Mac offline?
Yes. Drop in an episode and Lesskeys transcribes it on-device using Apple Silicon's GPU — no upload, no subscription, no per-minute charge. Because it's local, you can transcribe your whole back catalog without a recurring cost, and rough cuts never leave your machine before release. If you're weighing this against a cloud editor, the Descript alternative page spells out what a local transcriber does — and what it doesn't replace.
Speaker labels for hosts and guests
Multi-host shows and interviews read better when the transcript says who's talking. Lesskeys applies automatic on-device speaker diarization and lets you assign real names — so your show notes and quote pulls are attributed correctly out of the box.
From episode to publishable text
- Transcripts for show notes, blog posts, and captions.
- 99 languages with auto-detect.
- Transcript-synced player to grab exact quote timestamps.
- Capture new audio (and video) locally, or import existing files.
From raw episode to show notes
- Drop the episode in — the exported WAV/MP3, or the raw multi-voice recording straight from your session.
- Transcribe locally — the whole episode is transcribed and diarized on your Mac; a back catalog costs nothing extra to process.
- Name hosts and guests — labels become "Anna" and "Mark", so quotes are attributed correctly in the transcript.
- Publish — export TXT for show notes, pull timestamped quotes with the synced player, and paste captions wherever you publish.
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FAQ
Can I transcribe a podcast on my Mac offline?
Yes. Lesskeys transcribes episodes on your Mac, offline, with no upload and no per-minute cloud cost.
Does it label each host and guest?
Yes. Automatic on-device diarization labels each speaker, so multi-host and interview episodes get clean, attributed transcripts.
Can I use the transcript for captions and show notes?
Yes. You get a full transcript for show notes, blog posts, and accessibility captions, in 99 languages.