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Melo compared with Scribiz
DetailMelo logo MeloScribiz logo Scribiz
What it doesFree sleep sounds, rain, ASMR, lo-fi and focus music from across the internet Not given
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inIN Not given
Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingNot given 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
  • Mood-based sound library organized by Sleep, Focus, Nature, Ambient, ASMR, Lo-fi and White Noise
  • Ambient Worlds with animated visual themes that play alongside sounds
  • Direct playback from original sources with proper attribution
  • No sign-in required
  • No ads
  • Upvote sounds without an account
  • Ambient mode for fullscreen playback with visual animations
  • Sounds from multiple licensed sources including Wikimedia Commons, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Freesound and YouTube
  • 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
  • No accounts, no ads, no paid features or subscriptions
  • Honors creative commons licenses and public domain status
  • Built by a single independent creator without investors or sponsors
  • 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)Not checked yet no change since last check29 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)112
Citation Flow (Majestic)1730
Referring domains (Majestic)249

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