LesskeysOffline transcription for research and UX interviews
A researcher, including a UX researcher, turns interview, focus-group and usability-session recordings into transcripts with a label for each speaker, on their own computer. The participant audio is not uploaded; your consent form and your institution's rules still decide what you may do with it.
macOS 13+ on Apple Silicon · No subscriptionWindows 10 and 11 · No subscription
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What a researcher does with it
Transcribe interviews and focus groups.
Rename the labels to participant codes.
99 languagesRecord a remote interview.
No bot joins. A participant you have named can be recognised in a later session.
Go back to the audio behind a quote.
Play from the line you are coding, then copy the text into the tool you analyse in.
Works with MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, MP4, MOV and M4V files. Convert other formats first.
UX research
UX research: user interviews and usability sessions
Name the moderator and the participant once.
Record a remote session on your computer, or add the recording from your research tool. You can capture the screen or a window next to the audio. Your agreement with the client or company decides what you may record.
Participant audio
Participant audio stays on your computer
Turned into text on your computer, not uploaded.
Follow your consent form and your institution's data-handling and ethics rules: Lesskeys cannot check them.
- Nothinguploaded
- Offlineworks with the internet off
- 99languages for fieldwork
All at once
When everyone talks at once
In a focus group, a label can be wrong and a word can be missed.
You set how many people spoke (2 by default). Names, jargon and accented speech can come out wrong, so check anything you quote against the audio.
On a Mac
A researcher on a Mac
- macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon
- No bot joins the call
Tell the people you record; some places require everyone's consent.
On Windows
A researcher on Windows
- Windows 10 and 11
- Record Call needs only your microphone
- No bot joins the call
Tell the people you record; some places require everyone's consent.
Questions
Questions about Lesskeys for researchers
Can I transcribe research interviews offline?
Yes. Lesskeys transcribes interviews and focus groups on your computer, so participant audio is not uploaded, and it needs no internet connection once the speech model is on your computer.
Does it separate several participants?
Yes. You set how many people spoke (2 by default), and you can rename the labels. Labels can be wrong when voices overlap, so check them.
Can I transcribe interviews in other languages?
Yes, it detects the language among 99. Accuracy differs between languages, so have someone who speaks the language check the quotes you cite.
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