This Free Whisper App Runs Fully Offline (No Cloud, No API)

Buzz is a free, open-source desktop application that uses OpenAI's Whisper model to transcribe and translate audio files completely offline. It supports multiple input formats (MP3, MP4, YouTube links, live recordings) and outputs text, SRT, or VTT files with word-level timestamps. The tool offers both a GUI and CLI interface for automation, runs locally without API keys or cloud uploads, and supports multi-language transcription. Major drawbacks include large model sizes (gigabytes of storage), slow CPU performance without GPU acceleration, and potentially tedious setup with drivers.