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Chinese transcription on Mac

For Chinese transcription on a Mac, the apps below document both macOS support and Chinese among their transcription languages. Compare whether they label speakers, summarize meetings and process audio locally.

Conditions checked

  • macOS
  • Transcription
  • Transcribes Chinese

Before you choose

Chinese support doesn't establish accuracy for every accent, dialect or mixed-language recording; this guide hasn't measured accuracy.

Documented conditions compared

Each cell reflects the catalog's current qualified sources for this platform. Not documented means unknown, not unsupported. Notes and sources are on each app below.

AppSpeaker labelsMeeting summariesLocal processingFree
AikoTranscription · Record audio, meetings, and calls · SubtitlesNot documentedDocumentedOne-time purchase
AnarlogDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedFree, important features paid · Subscription
NottaDocumentedDocumentedNot documentedSubscription · Free, important features paid
飞书妙记DocumentedDocumentedNot documentedFree, important features paid

Products with evidence for these conditions

Listed alphabetically, with no paid placement. Inclusion establishes these documented conditions, not a hands-on endorsement or a guarantee of fit.

  • Aiko

    macOS

    macOS · Transcription · Transcribes Chinese · Local processing

  • Anarlog

    macOS

    macOS · Transcription · Transcribes Chinese · Speaker labels · Meeting summaries · Local processing

    • Free, only through the Apple Speech transcription provider on macOS 26, one spoken language at a time.
    • The free plan includes manual speaker labeling plus automatic on-device speaker labels via the Parakeet Batch model on an Apple Silicon Mac; the paid Pro plan adds better speaker identification.
    • On-device transcription (Soniqo or a local whisper.cpp model) needs a supported Apple Silicon Mac, or Apple Speech on macOS 26; on Windows, transcription uses Anarlog Cloud or a provider you configure.
    • The free plan already includes unlimited on-device transcription, local recordings, notes, and manual speaker labeling; Pro adds hosted transcription/AI, dictation, sync, and sharing.

  • Notta

    macOS

    macOS · Transcription · Transcribes Chinese · Speaker labels · Meeting summaries

  • 飞书妙记

    macOS

    macOS · Transcription · Transcribes Chinese · Speaker labels · Meeting summaries

    • The Feishu help center describes generating 妙记 from the Feishu desktop client (桌面端), and Feishu's own download page names macOS as one of its desktop clients; this claim combines the two.
    • Feishu's free Basic edition caps the 妙记 speech-to-text quota; Business and Enterprise editions are unlimited.
    • Feishu's free Basic edition (基础版) gives a limited speech-to-text quota for 妙记; once used up, new 妙记 stop showing a transcript. Business and Enterprise editions have no such limit.

Sources for the apps above were checked on 2026-09-26.

Also documented, but outside this guide's conditions

These apps have evidence for the same platform and task, but one condition above is unmet or not documented. That is why they are not listed above.

  • Audacity

    Transcribes Chinese: Not documented in the currently qualified sources

  • Audio Hijack

    Transcribes Chinese: Not documented in the currently qualified sources

  • CapCut

    Transcribes Chinese: Not documented in the currently qualified sources

  • Descript

    Transcribes Chinese: Not supported according to the source

    Recorded: English

  • Grain

    Transcribes Chinese: Not documented in the currently qualified sources

    Recorded: English · Japanese

  • Just Press Record

    Transcribes Chinese: Not documented in the currently qualified sources

Common questions

Does Chinese support include Cantonese?

Not automatically. The catalog records Cantonese separately from Chinese, so check the language list on each app's page and its source.

Will my recordings leave my Mac?

It depends on the app and the feature. Only some apps document local processing, and cloud transcription or summaries send audio or text to a service. The local-processing column shows what is recorded.

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