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I built a free, local video transcription tool, because I didn't want to pay $10/hour or upload my files to a stranger's server

DEV Community·Giuseppe Carlà·23 days ago
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Every time I needed to transcribe a video at work, I hit the same wall: the good tools cost money per minute, and the free ones upload your files to a remote server. Neither was acceptable for work content. So I built "Pitchfall" - a local transcription tool that runs entirely on your own machine. What it does Upload any video or audio file (or paste a YouTube URL), and Pitchfall: Transcribes it locally using faster-whisper Shows a real-time progress bar with the current segment being recognized Syncs the transcript to the video — click any line to jump to that moment Exports as .txt or .srt subtitle file Optionally translates into 10 languages via OpenRouter free models No API key needed for transcription. No account. No cloud.…

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