WhisperDirect

Recording to summary & minutes

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

Limited-time: US$2 one-time unlock. Forever access to current features. No $10–$20 monthly subs—usage-based with your OpenAI key. WhisperDirect is a high-accuracy speech-to-text and summarization app that works with your own API key. No subscription required — you only pay OpenAI’s usage fees when you need it, making it more cost-effective than subscription-based apps. Pricing & Trial • Free trial: 5 sessions included • After the trial: one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited use of current features • API usage billed directly by OpenAI (the app does not charge for API usage) Cost Guide • With $5, you can transcribe about 14 hours of audio • Whisper API ≈ $0.006 per minute (≈ $0.36 per hour) • OpenAI API pricing → https://openai.com/ja-JP/api/pricing/ Models for summaries and meeting minutes Choose from compact, low-cost models: • GPT-4.1-nano • GPT-4.1-mini • GPT-5-nano • GPT-5-mini Even long texts (1,000–2,000 words) can usually be processed for just a few cents per run. Main Features • Record with the microphone button and instantly convert to text • Import audio files (or directly from the share sheet) • Import video files (audio extracted and compressed automatically) • Playback-synced highlighting of transcript segments • Insert timeline markers (configurable in 5-second steps) • Generate summaries and meeting minutes (prompts editable in Settings) • OCR transcription from images (supports multiple images, all processed locally with no extra API cost) • Export audio, text, summaries, minutes, or subtitles (VTT / SRT) • Automatically post transcripts/summaries/minutes to Slack • Estimate costs in Settings (based on audio length and character count) • Other customization options (LLM model, timeline interval, prompts, etc.) Supported formats Audio: mp3, m4a, aac, wav, flac, ogg, opus, wma, amr, mpga, webm, aiff, caf Video: mp4, mov, m4v, webm, mkv, avi, mpeg, mpg Notes • An API key (such as OpenAI) is required • Pricing and available models may change according to OpenAI’s offerings

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Version 1.2.22

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    Information

    • Seller
      • koji ozono
    • Size
      • 34.9 MB
    • Category
      • Productivity
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      • English and Japanese
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • In-App Purchases
      Yes
    • Copyright
      • © 2025 Koji Ozono
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