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About

Jotr is a local-first transcription app for Mac. Everything runs entirely on your device using Apple Silicon — no audio is ever uploaded, no account is required, and your recordings never leave your Mac. Drop in any audio or video file and get a raw transcript, a cleaned-up checked version, or a structured summary — all processed locally. Jotr supports MP3, MP4, MOV, M4A, WAV and more. Export to TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, or Word. Timestamp-linked playback lets you click any line to jump to that moment in the recording. Designed for meetings, lectures, interviews, podcasts, and video workflows. Free to use for transcription. One-time purchase unlocks local AI summaries and advanced exports. Requires macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon.

About

MacDuty rents dedicated Mac mini servers from its own racks in Romania, inside the EU. Every machine is bare metal and assigned to one customer: no virtual machines, no shared hardware. The fleet covers every Apple silicon generation from the M1 to the 2026 M6 and M5 Pro, in 84 configurations. Machines arrive with a clean macOS install, reachable over SSH and screen sharing in minutes, with a public IPv4 and IPv6. Billing is by the day, the month or the year, with no setup fee and no minimum term beyond the 24 hours Apple imposes on everyone. Paying yearly takes 20% off. Power is unmetered, 10 TB of traffic included. From the client area you restart the machine, reset its password, manage SSH keys and reinstall macOS yourself. Nothing is locked down: your own Apple account, your own backups. Failed hardware is replaced the same day. Typical uses: CI runners for Xcode and GitHub Actions, always-on dev machines reached from Windows or Linux, local language models, AI agents.

Platforms Supported

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Audience

Privacy-conscious professionals, content creators, journalists, researchers, students, and Mac users who handle sensitive audio and need offline transcription.

Audience

iOS and macOS developers, small development teams, CI and DevOps engineers, agencies building Apple platform software, teams running AI agents on Apple silicon

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

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API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

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Pricing

$0
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

€52/month
Free Version Not Supported
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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The free tier is incredibly generous—recordings under 20 minutes are free to transcribe with no limits on the number of files. For my YouTube workflow, this is a lifesaver. I just drop my final cut into Jotr, and it generates perfectly time-aligned SRT/VTT files for upload. No manual syncing or separate tools needed. Also, since my company has strict privacy policies against uploading data to the cloud, Jotr’s 100% local processing is exactly what I needed. It handles everything on-device without compromising security.

Cons

  • ​It can be quite resource-heavy since it runs AI models locally, though the transcription speed is surprisingly good. While it supports many export formats, I’d love to see direct integration with Notion or Obsidian in the future. The AI summary feature is a nice addition but still feels like it's in beta—it works, but the real star here is the manual review workspace.

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
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Training

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Company Information

Jotr
Founded: 2025
United States
jotr.ai/

Company Information

MacDuty
Founded: 2024
Romania
macduty.com

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Categories

Transcription Supported

Categories

Transcription Features

AI / Machine Learning Supported
Annotations Supported
Audio/Video File Upload Supported
Automatic Transcription Supported
Collaboration Tools Supported
File Sharing Supported
For Manual Transcription Supported
Full Text Search Supported
Multi-Language Support Supported
Natural Language Processing (NLP) Supported
Playback Controls Supported
Speech Recognition Supported
Subtitles Supported
Text Editor Supported
Timecoding Supported

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