Whisper Notes Blog: Latest Updates
Benchmarks, guides and release notes from the team that builds Whisper Notes.
Recent Articles
October 27, 2026
Parakeet Ultra vs Parakeet V3: How Much More Accurate Is It?
Parakeet Ultra vs Parakeet V3 in Whisper Notes, 25 FLEURS languages: WER fell from 13.99% to 10.63%, about 24% fewer errors, better in 24 languages, same speed.
September 1, 2026
Apple SpeechAnalyzer vs Whisper: How Good Is Apple's New Speech Recognition?
Apple SpeechAnalyzer vs Whisper, Parakeet, Qwen3-ASR, SenseVoice on FLEURS in 24 languages: ahead of Whisper Small, behind Large V3 Turbo, closest in Korean
August 25, 2026
Qwen3-ASR 1.7B vs Whisper Large V3 Turbo: Which Languages Win (Mac Benchmark)
Qwen3-ASR 1.7B vs Whisper Large V3 Turbo, our own FLEURS run on one Mac: 7 clear Qwen wins incl. Cantonese at 6.4% CER, 11 Whisper wins, 12 ties.
July 28, 2026
Whisper Notes Now Identifies Speakers
Whisper Notes labels who said what on iPhone and Mac, up to 8 speakers, fully on-device: how to run it, rename speakers, how accurate it is, where it struggles.
July 3, 2026
Dictaphone Transcription: Convert Voice Recorder Files to Text Offline
Dictaphone transcription without the cloud: import MP3/WAV/M4A recordings into Whisper Notes and transcribe locally on iPhone or Mac. No upload, $7.99 once.
July 2, 2026
Whisper Transcription: Models, Speed & How to Run It Offline (2026 Guide)
What Whisper transcription is, which model to pick (tiny to large-v3-turbo), and how to run it 100% offline on Mac & iPhone — free for 5,000 words a week on Mac, no Python, no cloud.
May 13, 2026
Offline Meeting Transcription on Mac: Record Zoom, Teams & Meet Locally
Offline meeting transcription on Mac: record Zoom, Teams and Meet with no bot in the call, follow a live transcript, label speakers. From $7.99 once.
May 12, 2026
SenseVoice vs Qwen3-ASR: Which Is Better for Chinese, Japanese and Korean?
SenseVoice or Qwen3-ASR 1.7B for Chinese, Japanese and Korean? In our test Qwen3-ASR makes fewer mistakes, SenseVoice is 15× faster.
March 19, 2026
Why Whisper Notes for Mac Left the App Store
Whisper Notes for Mac is on the Mac App Store again. Hold-Fn voice typing in any app stays in the Mac app from our website: Apple rejects Accessibility-based text insertion.
March 7, 2026
Parakeet V3 vs Whisper: 7x Faster, Better Accuracy (Benchmark)
Parakeet V3 vs Whisper Large V3 Turbo: 6.32% vs 7.83% English WER on the Open ASR Leaderboard, and about 74× real time on a Mac. Full 25-language FLEURS benchmark. Both run locally in Whisper Notes for Mac.
December 3, 2025
Mac System-Wide Dictation with Whisper AI
Use Whisper AI for system-wide dictation on Mac. Hold Fn to type with your voice in any app—Gmail, Slack, VS Code. Offline, private, $14 lifetime.
August 2, 2025
Mistral Voxtral vs GPT-4o Audio – Open-Source Speech AI Benchmark
Discover Mistral's groundbreaking Voxtral models - the first open-source native multimodal speech recognition models with exceptional performance and competitive pricing that challenge industry standards.
May 29, 2025
Offline Speech to Text: Best Apps for Mac, iPhone & Windows (2026)
The best offline speech-to-text software in 2026, compared: Whisper Notes, MacWhisper, faster-whisper, Buzz. Speed benchmarks, prices, and Windows & Android options.
May 5, 2025
Offline Voice Memos for Privacy – Why I Switched from Cloud Apps
Discover why Whisper Notes is the top choice for secure, offline voice memos and meeting transcription, prioritizing privacy and accuracy with on-device Whisper AI.
March 15, 2025
Mac Whisper Notes – 10 Min Audio in 63 Seconds
Mac Whisper Notes rebuilt from scratch for macOS. Drag-and-drop audio import, keyboard shortcuts, timestamped results. M-series chips process 10 min audio in ~63 sec.
November 6, 2024
Whisper Large V3 Turbo vs V3: 5× Faster on Mac (Benchmark)
Whisper Large V3 Turbo vs V3 benchmark on Apple Silicon: 5× speed, 809M vs 1550M parameters, near-identical WER. Real numbers from M1/M2/M3 Macs.