A private Otter alternative that never joins your meeting
Transcrip transcribes speech live in your browser, on any device, without adding a bot to the call. It captures your microphone, a browser tab, or both, so the other participants see nothing. Free accounts get 45 minutes a week with notes saved locally in the browser; Plus ($2.99/month, 400 minutes) adds a zero-knowledge encrypted vault that Transcrip itself cannot read.
No credit card. 45 free minutes every week.
Why people look for an alternative
Meeting assistants that join the call as a participant announce themselves to everyone, need calendar access, and keep the transcript on their servers. That is fine for some teams and a problem for journalists, researchers, clinicians and anyone who talks about things that should stay private.
Transcrip takes the opposite approach: nothing joins the meeting. The audio is captured from your own browser — your microphone, the meeting tab, or both mixed — and transcribed in real time.
How Transcrip is different
- No bot and no install: open transcrip.app in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, on desktop or phone.
- Privacy by design: free transcripts stay in your browser; paid transcripts are end-to-end encrypted (AES-GCM) with a key only you hold.
- Real-time and multilingual: text appears as you speak, with automatic language detection or a fixed language for better accuracy.
- Priced for individuals: free 45 min/week, or $2.99/month for 400 minutes, the encrypted vault, AI summaries and search.
What it does not do
Transcrip transcribes audio live; it does not transcribe uploaded audio or video files, and it has no calendar integration or automatic meeting join — by design. Capturing a browser tab's audio needs a desktop Chromium browser (Chrome or Edge).
Frequently asked questions
Does Transcrip join my Zoom, Meet or Teams call?
No. Transcrip never joins a call. It captures audio from your own browser — microphone, the meeting tab, or both — so no participant sees a bot.
Can Transcrip read my transcripts?
Free transcripts are stored locally in your browser. Plus transcripts are encrypted in your browser before upload with a key Transcrip never receives, so Transcrip cannot read them.
How much does it cost?
Free accounts get 45 minutes per week. Plus costs $2.99 per month and includes 400 minutes, the encrypted vault, AI summaries and transcript search.
No credit card. 45 free minutes every week.