Guides
Practical guides to transcription, subtitles, and meeting notes. Every method here keeps your audio on your device.
How to caption a video for accessibility
Auto-generated captions are a first draft. Here is what captions need that subtitles do not, and the short editing pass that makes them genuinely usable.
Read the guideOn-device AI vs cloud AI, in plain terms
The difference is not how carefully a company handles your data. It is where the computation physically happens, and everything else follows from that.
Read the guideWhat to do with a transcript
Getting a transcript feels like finishing, and it is closer to starting. A practical sequence from raw text to finished work, and when to delete the audio.
Read the guideHow to record a meeting for a transcript
No speech model can recover detail the microphone never captured. Here is how to record so the transcription step becomes the easy part.
Read the guideHow to turn a transcript into action items
A transcript is raw material. The value is in the action items. Here is a repeatable way to pull owned, dated tasks out of any transcript.
Read the guideBest free transcription tools, compared
Most free transcription tools work by uploading your audio to their servers. Here is an honest look at the popular options and the privacy tradeoff to weigh.
Read the guideIs it legal to record a meeting?
Whether you can legally record a meeting depends on where everyone is. Here is a plain-English overview of consent laws, with the caveat that this is not legal advice.
Read the guideAdd subtitles to a video from its audio
Captions make videos more watchable and accessible. Here is how to generate accurate SRT and VTT subtitle files from your video's audio, for free.
Read the guideHow to transcribe a Zoom recording for free
You do not need a paid service to transcribe a Zoom call. Here is how to do it free, in your browser, with the audio never leaving your device.
Read the guideHow to take better meeting notes
Good meeting notes are short, decision-focused, and end in clear action items. Here is a simple system, plus how to generate them from a recording without uploading your audio.
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