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macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.
macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.
Turn interviews, voice notes and episodes into subtitles or a plain transcript on your own computer. Drop one recording or a whole batch, video files included. Nothing is uploaded and there is no per-minute bill.
Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads
Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.
The real app with a real file, recorded on screen.
Where the AI runs
Transcription services upload your recording and often bill by the minute. Hangar runs the speech model on your computer, so interviews and private calls stay with you.
Audio or video: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, MOV and more.
A speech model you choose once. It downloads, then runs offline.
Subtitles or text named after the recording: SRT, VTT, TXT or JSON.
Upload to a serverNot part of the path. Your file and the result never leave this computer.
Four speech models
The strongest balance of accuracy and languages.
Best for: Any of 99 languages.
The fastest start.
Best for: Everyday English recordings.
Precise word timing.
Best for: Long English recordings.
Detects the language for you.
Best for: Speech in 25 European languages.
Sizes are the one-time setup shown in the app. Models are checked after they download and stay on this computer.
Hard cases
Speech models do best with clear voices. Plan a quick read-through for the rest.
The most accurate case, in any of the 99 languages of Best overall.
English · Long-form gives precise timing for each word.
Overlapping speech can blur. Read it before you publish.
Check the spelling of names, brands and places.
How it works
Add MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC and other audio, or a video file. One file or a whole batch.
Best overall covers 99 languages and can translate foreign speech into English. Choose SRT or VTT subtitles, plain text or JSON.
Subtitle cues come timed and wrapped to 42 characters a line by default. The first time you use a mode, Hangar asks before a one-time download, then it works offline.
New to Hangar? How to run a tool, step by step
Choose the result
The transcript is the same whichever format you pick; only the packaging changes. Subtitle files carry timed cues, text reads like a document, and JSON keeps the timing of every word.
Timed subtitles that video apps accept.
Best for YouTube, social clips and video editors. Pick VTT for web players.
The words as plain, readable text.
Best for show notes, articles and meeting records.
Every word with its timing.
Best for your own scripts, search tools and editing workflows.
Every setting, explained in the Transcribe guide Transcription mode · Spoken language · Result · Output · Line length
The alternative
Cloud services are quick to start, and many add extras like speaker names and summaries. The catch is that every recording goes to their servers, and the bill grows with the minutes.
Who uses it
Write show notes and pull quotes from an unreleased episode without uploading it.
Hangar for podcastersTranscribe a sensitive interview without handing the recording to a third party.
Export an SRT for each video in a batch and drop it into your editor.
Hangar for video and social creatorsOne app, one payment
The same app trims, converts, compresses and captions video and audio, and does the same kind of work for PDFs and images. One payment covers every tool.
Save it as a chain
Level a batch of interviews, transcribe every one, then give the transcripts names that match the recordings.
How chains workEvery tool is free for 3 days, with no account and no card. After that, Hangar is a one-time payment from $45, with updates for the version you buy. There is no subscription.
No. You get every word with its timing, but not speaker names. Add names by hand in the text if you need them.
Yes. Add the video file directly and Hangar transcribes its soundtrack.
Each mode downloads once, from about 190 MB for English · Quick to about 670 MB for European languages. You can remove a download again from inside the tool.
No. Transcription happens locally. Your recordings never go to the cloud, and there is no per-minute charge.
Only for the one-time setup of each transcription mode you use. After that the mode runs offline and stays on your machine.
Yes. Export SRT or VTT and the cues come timed and line-wrapped, ready to drop onto a video. You can also export plain text or JSON with word-level timing.
Yes. Best overall covers 99 languages and can translate foreign speech into English. European languages covers 25 languages and detects which one is spoken.
No. Your files are processed on your computer and never sent anywhere. Hangar sends anonymous usage counts to improve the app, never file names or contents, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Yes. A license works on any mix of Mac and Windows computers. Solo covers 1 computer, Crew 3 and Fleet 10.
Then pay once, from $45, for every tool and the updates for your version. No subscription. 30-day refund.See plans
Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads
Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.