# MurmurAI

> MurmurAI is a powerful, privacy-focused transcription app for macOS that runs 100% on-device.

## About

MurmurAI is a macOS application for speech-to-text transcription. All audio processing happens locally on the user's Mac - no audio is ever sent to external servers. The app supports multiple AI transcription engines and features like speaker identification and AI-powered transcript refinement.

## Key Features

- **100% On-Device Processing**: All transcription happens locally. Audio never leaves your Mac.
- **Multiple AI Engines**: WhisperKit (Apple Silicon optimized), Parakeet (NVIDIA), and Apple Speech
- **Speaker Identification**: Automatically identify different speakers in recordings
- **Diarization Refinement**: Fine-tune speaker segments, merge or split sections, and assign names
- **Chat with Transcripts**: Ask questions and get insights from your saved transcripts using AI (supports Ollama and OpenAI)
- **AI Transcript Refinement**: Clean up transcripts using AI (OpenAI API or local Ollama)
- **Custom Prompts**: Create unlimited custom prompts for AI refinement, assign them to specific apps, and keep one as the Default
- **Spoken Work**: Review recent dictations, the app you spoke into, and whether text was inserted
- **Global Hotkey Dictation**: Press a hotkey anywhere, speak, and insert transcribed text. Optional hold to talk. See https://murmurai.app/dictation
- **On-Device Speech to Text**: Transcribe audio/video files (MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV) locally with WhisperKit, Parakeet, or Apple Speech. See https://murmurai.app/transcription
- **Multiple Export Formats**: SRT subtitles, VTT captions, plain text

## Pricing

- **Free**: WhisperKit (Tiny/Base models), Apple Speech, speaker ID, AI refinement, hotkey dictation, file transcription up to 5 minutes
- **Pro ($24.99 one-time)**: All engines, all models, unlimited file transcription, unlimited custom prompts, unlimited saved transcripts

## Platform

- macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- Optimized for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
- Available via direct download (Gumroad) and Mac App Store

## Privacy

MurmurAI is designed with privacy as a core principle:
- Audio is processed 100% on-device
- Transcripts are stored locally only
- No personal data collection
- Optional AI refinement uses your own API key

## Links

- Website: https://murmurai.app
- Download (Direct): https://simplerapps.gumroad.com/l/murmur
- Download (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/app/id6757353147
- Dictation: https://murmurai.app/dictation
- Transcription: https://murmurai.app/transcription
- Changelog: https://murmurai.app/changelog
- Privacy Policy: https://murmurai.app/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://murmurai.app/terms
- Contact: samarthagarwal@live.com

## Developer

Created by Samarth Agarwal