A native macOS menu-bar app that adds a Transcribe with FileTranscriber entry to Finder's right-click menu for audio and video files. Each transcription runs on-device with WhisperKit and opens in its own window for review, edit, copy, and save.
- Right-click any
.mp3,.m4a,.wav,.flac,.mp4,.mov… → Transcribe with FileTranscriber - Fully offline after the first model download
- Menu-bar only (no Dock icon)
- Apple Silicon, macOS 13 (Ventura) or later (transcription runs on the Neural Engine; Intel Macs are not supported)
brew tap duggan/filetranscriber
brew install --cask filetranscriber
Or download FileTranscriber-<version>.dmg from the Releases page and drag to /Applications.
Launch FileTranscriber once so macOS registers the menu item, then right-click any audio or video file in Finder and choose Transcribe with FileTranscriber. Works on local volumes and network shares (SMB, AFP, NFS).
swift build -c release # debug compile loop
./build.sh # produces bin/FileTranscriber.app (ad-hoc signed)
swift test
Open in Xcode with xed Package.swift.
Signing, notarization, and DMG packaging happen automatically on tag push via .github/workflows/release.yml. There is no local signed-build step.
MIT. See LICENSE.