Dictation with live text
Text appears while you speak. When you stop, it can go straight to the clipboard – ready to paste into any app. Recording continues if you briefly leave the app.
Offline transcription for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Speech becomes text.
Only on your device.
Wavewrite turns dictation, interviews, meetings and videos into text – without the cloud and without an account. Your recordings are never uploaded anywhere.
Coming soon to theApp Store
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- Offline
- No account
- No tracking
- No subscription
Wave in. Text out.
Speak, pick a file or share a video. Wavewrite turns it into text you can copy, search, translate and export.
134×
faster than real time
Measured on iPhone 16 Pro Max with Parakeet Ultra: one minute of audio in under one second of processing time. Older devices are slower.
Features
Everything that turns speech into text.
Audio and video
Files, videos from your photos, or straight from other apps via “Open in”.
Runs in the background
Long files keep processing while you do something else. Progress shows in the Dynamic Island.
Translate
Translate transcripts and subtitles into other languages – on your device as well.
Share and export
As a document, as plain text, or as timed subtitles for your video.
iPhone, iPad and Mac
On iPad with sidebar and Split View, on Mac as its own app. One purchase covers all your devices.
A history that cleans up after itself
Search, rename, share again. After the period you choose, Wavewrite deletes text and audio automatically – or keeps nothing at all.
Privacy
Your voice stays with you.
- On your device. Speech recognition runs on your device. Recordings, files and texts are not transmitted.
- A single connection. Only when a model is downloaded once. After that, Wavewrite works without internet.
- Stored securely. Transcripts live in the app's encrypted storage. No account, no ads, no analytics.
- Deleting that really deletes. When your period ends, text, audio and database entry are gone.
Models
You choose the model.
Pro
Parakeet Ultra
The most accurate model: detects 25 European languages on its own, including English and German.
Free
Parakeet Redux
The smaller version with the same languages. Also shows live text while dictating.
No download
Apple Speech
Uses the speech recognition built into iOS. You pick the language yourself.
Who it's for
For everything that should stay confidential.
Counselling and coaching
Session notes without recordings ending up on someone else's servers.
Journalism and interviews
Long interviews in as a file, finished text out – without uploading.
Study and research
Make lectures, voice notes and research conversations searchable.
Video and social media
Subtitles as an SRT file for your video – translated if you like.
Travel
Capture a city tour in Italian and translate it – offline, no roaming needed.
Start free. Buy Pro once.
The basics are free. Wavewrite Pro is a one-time €14.99 – one purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Free: dictation and files up to 5 minutes, live text, Apple translation
- Pro: Parakeet Ultra, Tencent translation, PDF, Markdown and subtitles
- Pro: recordings of any length, history for 30 days or unlimited – no subscription
Wavewrite is coming soon to the App Store.
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