Silkwave Video - YouTube Transcription App for macOS
Paste a YouTube link and the video is downloaded and transcribed on your Mac with on-device Apple models. Speaker identification, ChatGPT-powered summaries, and chat with any video - no uploads, no subscriptions, no per-minute API costs.
Requires macOS 26 or later, Apple Silicon
Everything you need to read a video instead of watching it
Import from YouTube, transcribe on device, and get straight to what was actually said.
Paste a YouTube Link, Get a Transcript
Watch, youtu.be, and Shorts links all work. Paste one and the video downloads and transcribes on its own - no browser extension, no copying captions by hand, and no waiting on a server queue.
On-Device Transcription in 10 Languages
Transcribe using Apple's on-device speech-to-text models. Supports Cantonese, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish - all processed locally, fully offline. Nothing is uploaded and there are no per-minute API costs.
Alex Rivera
00:12 → 00:19
See Who Said What - Speaker Identification
Interviews, panels, and podcasts get labelled by speaker, so a two-hour conversation reads like a script instead of a wall of text. It runs entirely on your Mac as a post-import step, so voice profiles never leave your device.
ChatGPT-Powered Summaries via Apple Intelligence
Get a structured summary with the key topics and takeaways - powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence via a simple Shortcut integration. No API keys or subscriptions needed. Only the transcript text is ever sent, never the audio or the video.
Ask Follow-Up Questions About Any Video
Pull out a quote, clarify a claim, or check whether a two-hour talk is worth your time before you watch it. Conversation history is saved per video, so you can pick up where you left off.
Full-Text Search
Search across everything you have imported to find the one sentence you half-remember and open the video it came from.
Dark Theme
Prefer a darker look? Switch to dark theme to reduce eye strain during late-night reading sessions and match your macOS system appearance.
Ready to get started?
Download Silkwave Video and start transcribing.
Free
Requires macOS 26 or later, Apple Silicon