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#discord-transcriber

platformmacOS (Apple Silicon)version0.1.0engineWhisper + CoreMLpricefreesourceclosed

Searchable records of your Discord voice chats. Discord Transcriber is a desktop utility that joins a voice channel as a bot, captures audio in real time, and transcribes it locally with OpenAI's Whisper model — accelerated on Apple Silicon via CoreML.

###What it does

Connects to a Discord voice channel as a bot, captures everyone's audio, and streams a live transcript into a clean desktop window. Audio and transcripts stay on your machine — nothing is shipped to a server.

###Features

  • Join Discord voice channels and capture audio in real time
  • Transcribe speech locally with Whisper
  • CoreML acceleration on Apple Silicon
  • Clean desktop UI with live transcript view
  • Window state persistence — remembers size & position
  • Self-contained — bundled dependencies, no Python install needed

##Installation#

  1. Download the DMGUse the Download button above. Open the DMG.
  2. Drag to ApplicationsDrag Discord Transcriber into /Applications.
  3. First launchOpen Discord Transcriber from Applications. If macOS blocks it, right-click → OpenOpen.
  4. Configure your bot tokenIn Settings, paste your Discord bot token (the bot needs voice channel permissions).
  5. Start transcribingJoin a voice channel in Discord and type !join in any text channel. The bot connects and live transcription begins. Type !leave to disconnect.

##Requirements#

OSmacOS — optimized for Apple Silicon
PermissionsDiscord bot token with voice channel access
ModelsWhisper (bundled), CoreML accelerated
WindowsPlanned for a future release
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