To transcribe audio, the app uses the built-in speech recognition features of macOS.
Turn your audio and video files into text

You can change the font size by pressing the command and +/- keys. The font size is saved during further use.
A folder "Hear" with text files is created on the desktop.
The program is universal - arm64/x86_64

You can ask questions here
https://sourceforge.net/p/the-hear/discussion

Features

  • "Online service" - The online service requires the presence of the Internet and is slow, but in my opinion more accurate. The offline service works with the languages used in "Siri". It is necessary to activate any voice of the language used by the program in "Siri" once. The Ukrainian language works only in the online service mode.
  • "Language" - Selection of the main languages (can be added) It is necessary that the language you choose coincides with the language of the video/audio file.
  • "Timecode generated by the camera" - If available, select the timecode generated by the camera - convenient for editing. If the option is not active, the timecode always starts from zero.
  • "Timecode" - Style 1 is more informative. You can select the start and end of listening. When the default "HH:MM:SS" is all zeros, the file is listened to in full.

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3), GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 3.0 (LGPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Mac

Languages

English, Ukrainian

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users

User Interface

Cocoa (MacOS X)

Programming Language

Objective C

Related Categories

Objective C Video Software, Objective C Sound Audio, Objective C Video Transcoders

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2026-02-22