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Scribiz vs Zumbo

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Scribiz compared with Zumbo
DetailScribiz logo ScribizZumbo logo Zumbo
What it doesNot given Open source dictation for Mac with local AI, instant speed and complete privacy
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Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingFree: 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 One Mac: $15 (or $9 for first 10 buyers); Three Macs: $20; Team (10 Macs): $79. 3-day free trial with everything unlocked. Free updates. 14-day refunds.
Key features
  • 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
  • Dictation into any app with one keyboard shortcut
  • Local speech processing in about 200 milliseconds
  • Automatic clean speech with filler word removal
  • Learn corrections to improve accuracy per user
  • 21 vocabulary packs for specialized fields
  • Custom vocabulary packs from CSV or JSON files
  • Notes with searchable history and time-based reminders
  • Meeting mode with speaker labels and timestamps
  • Supports 25 European languages
  • Runs completely offline with no account required
What makes it different
  • 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
  • Open source GPL-3 code on GitHub you can read, build and verify
  • Complete privacy with no server, no account, no audio sent anywhere
  • Fastest local transcription at about 200 milliseconds latency
  • One-time purchase with free updates and no subscription
  • Works in terminal, code editors and AI coding agents
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)29 +1 (up) since last check3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)123
Citation Flow (Majestic)3022
Referring domains (Majestic)499

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