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Cockatoo vs Buzz

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	Cockatoo Fast, highly accurate AI transcription for audio and video in 90+ languages Visit	Buzz Transcribe and caption audio offline on your computer. Visit
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Pricing	Freemium	Free
Category	Transcription	Transcription
Tags	transcriptionspeech-to-textaudiomultilingualcaptions	practical-ossopen-sourceself-hostedtranscription
Best for	journalists researchers podcasters	—
Pros	Very high accuracy claims (up to 99.8%) Fast turnaround (1 hour in 2-3 minutes) Supports 90+ languages Simple drag-and-drop interface Far cheaper than human transcription	Runs fully offline on your own machine, keeping audio private Permissive MIT license Handles files, YouTube links, and live microphone transcription Exports to TXT, SRT, and VTT, with speaker identification and a watch-folder option Hardware acceleration via CUDA, Apple Silicon, and Vulkan for faster processing
Cons	Free tier limited to 2 hours/month Accuracy varies with audio quality No mobile app noted Editing tools less deep than editors like Descript Advanced features gated to paid tiers	Accuracy and speed depend on the Whisper model size and your hardware; larger models need a capable GPU Whisper's translation feature outputs English, so it is not a general any-to-any translator Installers are unsigned, so Windows and macOS show security warnings on first run Intel Macs are no longer supported beyond an older release; current versions require Apple Silicon

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