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Dictawave turns an audio or video file you own into an editable, timestamped transcript in the browser — no meeting bot, no install, no account needed to try. Upload a podcast episode, interview, lecture, or voice memo (up to 500 MB). Dictawave detects the language, optionally separates speakers, and gives you a transcript you can fix inline, then export as TXT, SRT, or VTT. 99 languages. Free tier: 60 minutes a month. No platform downloads: bring a file you own or have permission to use.
Maker here. I built Dictawave because every transcription tool I tried wanted an account, an install, or a bot in the call before I could see a word. Here you open the page, upload a file you already own, and read the transcript.
What it does today: 99 languages, speaker labels, 500 MB files, inline edits, TXT/SRT/VTT export. What it deliberately does not do: download from YouTube or TikTok, join meetings, or summarize and translate — those are in development, not shipped.
Two things I would love feedback on: does the editor stay fast on a 60-minute file, and which export format is missing from your workflow?
Full disclosure: I'm the maker, so discount my opinion accordingly.
I use Dictawave almost every day for my own recordings, and the part
that still surprises me is the word-level playback. I can click any word
in the transcript and hear the exact second it was spoken. Fixing a
wrong name used to mean hunting through the audio; now it's two clicks.
What I like: the editor gets out of the way. No modal dialogs, no
"processing" spinner you have to babysit.
What else did you consider?
Before building this I used [TurboScribe / Otter / whatever you actually used].
They were fine for getting text, but editing was painful — paragraph-level
seeking, and no way to jump to a specific word.
What can be improved?
Honestly: translation and summaries are still "coming soon". And I'd like
a real mobile app — right now mobile web works but it's not the same.
About Dictawave on Product Hunt
“Turn audio and video into clean transcripts”
Dictawave was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #294 on the daily leaderboard. Dictawave turns an audio or video file you own into an editable, timestamped transcript in the browser — no meeting bot, no install, no account needed to try. Upload a podcast episode, interview, lecture, or voice memo (up to 500 MB). Dictawave detects the language, optionally separates speakers, and gives you a transcript you can fix inline, then export as TXT, SRT, or VTT. 99 languages. Free tier: 60 minutes a month. No platform downloads: bring a file you own or have permission to use.
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