Which open-source AI models can I run locally on my Mac Studio to transcribe raw WAV audio files into time-stamped SRT caption files?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Which open-source AI models can I run locally on my Mac Studio to transcribe raw WAV audio files into time-stamped SRT caption files?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 local Mac Apple Silicon speech to text open source Whisper faster-whisper whisper.cpp Parakeet Qwen3-ASR SRT timestampsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
WhisperX official GitHub word-level timestamps forced alignment diarizationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
NVIDIA Parakeet TDT open source ASR GitHub timestamp support Apple SiliconGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
2026 local Mac Apple Silicon speech to text open source Whisper faster-whisper whisper.cpp Parakeet Qwen3-ASR SRT timestamps Google ↗
WhisperX official GitHub word-level timestamps forced alignment diarization Google ↗
NVIDIA Parakeet TDT open source ASR GitHub timestamp support Apple Silicon Google ↗
- whisper.cpp · github.com
- WhisperKit · github.com
- whisper.cpp/README.md at main · Shegl/whisper.cpp · github.com
- GitHub - tonesfly/WhisperKit: On-device Speech Recognition for Apple Silicon · github.com
- Speech-to-Text · docs.vllm.ai
- local-wispr-mcp · github.com
- MLX framework · github.com
- GitHub - moona3k/macparakeet: Fast, private, local-first voice app for Apple Silicon Macs — dictation, file/media transcription, meeting recording, Transforms, and a public automation CLI. Free and open-source. · github.com
- Local speech to text benchmarks for Mac and Windows · tryglimpse.cc
- WhisperX on GitHub · github.com
- WhisperX — Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization) · whisperx.app
- GitHub - homelab-00/TranscriptionSuite: A fully local and private Speech-To-Text app, offering multiple model backends, diarization & calendar mode - Available for Windows, macOS & Linux · qgithub.com
- Qwen3-ASR on GitHub · github.com
- GitHub - gabrimatic/local-whisper: Offline-first voice dictation, transcription, cleanup, and text-to-speech for macOS, iOS, and Android. · github.com
- Distil-Whisper on GitHub · github.com
- faster-whisper · github.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 local Mac Apple Silicon speech to text open source Whisper faster-whisper whisper.cpp Parakeet Qwen3-ASR SRT timestamps OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
WhisperX official GitHub word-level timestamps forced alignment diarization OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
NVIDIA Parakeet TDT open source ASR GitHub timestamp support Apple Silicon OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |