Dictation and Transcription for Journalists
Transcribe interviews, dictate articles, and draft on deadline — all offline, so your sources stay your sources.
SuperSpeech is the dictation tool journalists trust when the story matters and the deadline does not wait. Record an interview, drop the file in, and get a searchable transcript with timestamps in seconds. Draft the lede with your hotkey while the quote is still fresh. Everything stays on your laptop — source protection is not a policy document, it is how the software works.
Interview transcription in seconds, not hours
A 60-minute interview transcribes in under 30 seconds on an M-series Mac — roughly 166× realtime. That is faster than Rev, Trint, or Otter for cloud transcription, and you never upload the audio. Export to SRT for caption files, DOCX for editorial handoff, or TXT for Notion/Scrivener.
- Transcribe a 1-hour interview in ~30 seconds offline
- Speaker diarization: automatically separate who said what
- Export to TXT, MD, SRT, VTT, or DOCX
- Timestamps per sentence for fast quote location
- Works with MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV and YouTube URLs
Source protection built in
Cloud transcription services log IPs, store audio, and can be subpoenaed. SuperSpeech never sees your audio because it runs on your device. When a source trusts you with a sensitive recording, the software should not be the leak.
Dictate articles, not just transcribe interviews
Most transcription tools stop at interviews. SuperSpeech adds system-wide dictation, so you can draft the piece by voice while walking, commuting, or pacing the newsroom. Your hotkey opens dictation in any app — WordPress, Ghost, Scrivener, Google Docs, Slack.
Multilingual reporting
Interview a source in Spanish, file the story in English. SuperSpeech supports 25+ languages in a single model, so language switches happen automatically without changing settings. Great for foreign correspondents, border reporters, and multilingual teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can SuperSpeech separate speakers in an interview?
Yes. Speaker diarization is built in — SuperSpeech automatically labels Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on, and you can rename them. Accuracy is strong for clear recordings, good for phone calls.
What audio formats does it accept?
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WMA for audio. MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WebM for video. Paste a YouTube URL to transcribe a source video.
Can I get timestamps per word or sentence?
Yes. Sentence-level timestamps come standard. Export as SRT or VTT if you want caption-style timing, or DOCX with time markers for editorial.
Is my audio ever uploaded?
No. SuperSpeech processes audio entirely on your device. Source protection is enforced by the software, not by a privacy policy.
How accurate is it for phone interviews?
Good on clear lines. For noisy recordings or heavy accents, custom dictionary entries improve accuracy significantly. WER is typically 5-8% on clean audio, higher on phone calls.
Make your deadline
Install SuperSpeech and transcribe your next interview in under a minute.