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HushBook vs Scribiz

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HushBook compared with Scribiz
Detail HushBookScribiz logo Scribiz
What it doesRead along while listening to audiobooks with word-by-word synchronization Not given
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Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingFree core features including read-along text, device transcription, offline functionality, and public-domain library. Optional Pro upgrade for advanced analytics. Free: 10 minutes per day without account or 30 minutes per month with free account, for videos up to 2 hours. Pro: $10 per month with 600 minutes per month for videos up to 6 hours. Mac Lifetime: $99 once with 300 hosted minutes and every 1.x update. YouTube caption credits from $3.99 for 200 credit
Key features
  • Word-level synchronized text highlighting with 60fps
  • On-device transcription without cloud upload
  • Offline playback after single engine download
  • Support for 99 languages
  • Import multiple audio formats including MP3, M4B, FLAC, OGG
  • Accessibility profiles for dyslexia, ADHD, and vision impairment
  • Built-in library with 20k+ public-domain titles
  • Quote saving and sharing with generated cards
  • Reading analytics with neuroscience-based brain score
  • Character map feature for tracking book figures
  • Transcript extraction from videos and audio files
  • Works without captions by listening to audio
  • Speaker identification and labeling
  • On-screen text extraction
  • Automatic summary and chapter generation
  • Multiple export formats: SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, JSON
  • Support for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, X, podcasts and file uploads
  • MCP server integration for AI agents
  • Mac desktop application
What makes it different
  • Complete privacy with no account or cloud uploads required
  • No external lyrics database; transcription generated directly from your audio
  • Supports your own audiobook files without DRM restrictions
  • No ads in core experience
  • Extracts transcripts from videos without captions by analyzing audio
  • Includes on-screen text recognition alongside speech transcription
  • Integrates with AI agents through MCP server for Claude and Cursor
  • Mac app option where videos are never uploaded whole
  • Built on open-source transcribe tool with MIT license
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 no change since last check29 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)612
Citation Flow (Majestic)2630
Referring domains (Majestic)4949

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