TranscriberRecordings into text, on your own Mac.
Drop in an interview, a meeting or a lecture. Murko writes down who said what, makes a short summary with tasks, and lets you fix every line. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Free · Version 1.0 · Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer) · macOS 14 or later · 16 GB memory
Transcriber
Everything you need after a long conversation
Who said what
Murko separates the speakers. Rename “Speaker 1” to a real name once and it changes everywhere.
Summary and tasks
A short summary, decisions, tasks and open questions, written by a text model that also runs on your Mac.
Fix it in place
Click a line to hear it. Correct a word, split a line in two, join it to the one above, or change who is speaking.
Many languages
Ukrainian and English are detected by themselves; pick any other language from the list.
UK · EN · and many moreChoose the engine
Parakeet for speed, Whisper Large for care, or Automatic to let Murko pick. Add your own MLX model in Settings.
Take the text anywhere
Save as .txt with or without timestamps, copy it, or share it with AirDrop, Mail or Messages.
From a recording to a transcript in four steps
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Add a recording
Drop a file hereDrag files onto the window or press +. Audio or video with sound, any length.
m4a · mp3 · wav · aac · flac · ogg · opus · aiff · caf · mp4 · mov · mkv · webm
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Choose settings
AutomaticWhisper LargeStart transcriptionPick the model and, for languages other than Ukrainian and English, the language. Tick Separate speakers to label who is talking.
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Murko works
Copies the file- Listens and writes it down
Separates the speakers
Writes summary and tasks
Done — you get a notification
One file at a time. Pause, resume or cancel whenever you like.
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Read and share
Speaker 2Happy to read it.Speaker 1All names will be removed.Click a line to hear it, fix words, rename speakers. You get Transcript.txt and Summary.md, or Save, Copy and Share.
Your recordings never leave your Mac
Interviews, medical notes, business calls: what people say in a recording is private. Murko is built so that it stays with you.
Everything runs on your Mac
Speech recognition (Parakeet and Whisper), speaker separation (Senko) and the summary model (Gemma) all run on your own computer. No file is uploaded, ever.
Offline after setup
The internet is used once, during installation, to download the models. After that you can transcribe with Wi‑Fi switched off.
No account, no tracking
Murko has no sign-up, no analytics and no ads. It does not send usage data anywhere.
Your files, your folder
Transcripts are ordinary files in Documents/CallsRawFiles (or a folder you choose). Delete a transcript and it goes to the Trash like any other file.
Originals are never changed
Murko works on a copy of your recording. The file you dropped in stays exactly as it was.
Easy to remove
The uninstaller moves Murko and its models to the Trash and keeps your transcripts, so you decide what happens to them.
Speak your language
Murko transcribes these languages, each one checked in testing:
The app itself has an interface in English, Ukrainian, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic.
Get Murko Transcriber 1.0
What your Mac needs
- Chip
- Apple Silicon: M1, M2, M3, M4 or newer. Intel Macs are not supported.
- macOS
- 14 Sonoma or later
- Memory
- 16 GB or more (24 GB is comfortable). 8 GB Macs are not supported.
- Disk
- About 25 GB free for the setup, plus room for your recordings
- Internet
- Only during installation: a one-time download of about 17 GB
- Account
- An Administrator account on the Mac
- Time
- Setup takes 20 minutes to 2 hours, mostly downloading
Free. No account, no tracking.
How to install
- Open the downloaded
Murko-Transcriber-1.0.zip. A folder appears. - Double-click
Install Murko Transcriber.command. macOS asks you to confirm once:
macOS 15 or newer: click Done in the message, open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway and enter your password.
macOS 14: right-click the file, choose Open, then click Open. - A Terminal window shows the progress. It installs the tools and downloads the models. If it asks for your password, type your Mac password (the letters stay invisible). Leave it open until it says “All done!”.
- Open Murko Transcriber from your Applications folder and drop in your first recording.
Good to know
Does Murko send my audio to a server?
No. Everything runs on your Mac: speech recognition (Parakeet and Whisper via Apple’s MLX), speaker separation and the summary model (Gemma, run by Ollama). The internet is used only to download these during installation.
How long does a transcription take?
It depends on the Mac and the model: Parakeet is the fastest, Whisper Large is the most careful and several times slower. The summary and text polishing add extra time; tick “Text only” to skip them.
Something went wrong during installation. What now?
Run the installer again: it skips the finished steps and continues where it stopped. The full log is in ~/Library/Logs/MurkoTranscriberInstall.log.
Which files can I use?
Most audio and video files: m4a, mp3, wav, aac, flac, ogg, opus, aiff, mp4, mov, mkv and webm.
Where are my transcripts?
In Documents/CallsRawFiles. Each recording gets a folder with Transcript.txt and Summary.md. You can choose another folder in Settings.
How do I remove Murko?
Run Uninstall Murko Transcriber.command from the same zip. It removes the app and its tools; your transcripts stay where they are.