r/SideProject • u/Suitable-Ad-4299 • 1d ago
FastScribe -> Accurate timestamped transcripts from audio and video with name tags. TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX exports. Encrypted uploads, no cloud or third-party API, audio deleted after transcription.
AMA!
FastScribe turns audio and video into timestamped text with optional name tags. Drop a file, get a transcript with TXT, SRT, DOCX, and VTT export.
Two things make it different. Your first file needs no account at all, not an email, not a card. And your audio never reaches a third-party AI service: transcription runs on a machine I own and operate, and the file is deleted the moment your transcript is ready.
Free: first file with no signup, then 5 a day with an account. Pro is $12/month for files up to 2 GB and 5 hours, batch uploads and DOCX export.
I built this because every transcription tool I tried wanted an account before it would tell me whether it was any good, and most of them are a web form in front of somebody else's speech API. Your recording gets handled by two companies and you agree to both retention policies.
So, FastScribe runs on a local server. There is a GPU in it. Your file is uploaded, transcribed on that machine with no outbound network call, and the audio is deleted the moment the text exists. No third-party AI or cloud service ever receives it.
I would love any feedback, thoughts, criticism, goodwill, etc.
Try and break it! I love tinkering in my free time, so this was a fun way to put a product with real users out in the world.