bigWav

• This is a privacy first transcription app.
• It allows you to annotate your transcriptions and export them to PDF.
• You can also save as .bigwav.

Technical details

• Uses OpenAI whisper to convert audio to a transcript.
• Whisper.cpp allows you to run the processing in the browser via WASM.
• Uses Chromes File System API to read and write to files on the file system.
  • This is useful as the app has its own file format (.bigwav) which stores the audio along side the transcript and annotation.
  • When the user saves the file, it is written to their disk similar to how other local apps work.
• Is an installable PWA.
  • This is useful for opening audio from the users file explorer.