Fieldwork Transcription.
No Internet Required.
Record and transcribe research interviews anywhere — in the field, in the lab, or in your office. All offline. IRB-friendly.
Download MinuteAI (Free)Research Transcription Challenges
No internet in the field
Remote fieldwork means no cloud transcription. You're stuck with manual notes.
IRB requires data protection
Institutional Review Boards require participant data stays secure. Cloud services complicate approval.
Academic budgets are tight
Research grants don't cover $30/month per researcher for Otter.
How MinuteAI Supports Researchers
Offline-first
Works without internet — perfect for remote fieldwork
Multi-language
WhisperKit supports 99+ languages for multilingual research
Speaker diarization
Separate researcher from participant automatically
AI coding assistance
Use AI enhancement to identify themes and key quotes
Batch processing
Transcribe an entire study's worth of interviews
Export to analysis tools
Export text for NVivo, Atlas.ti, or Dedoose
Real Researcher Workflow
Dr. An is conducting ethnographic research in rural Vietnam. She records 30-minute interviews on her iPad — no internet available. MinuteAI transcribes each interview immediately using on-device WhisperKit. Back at the university, she uses AI enhancement to identify recurring themes. Her IRB application was approved easily: "All data processed locally on researcher's device."
Participant Confidentiality Is Non-Negotiable
Participant confidentiality is non-negotiable in research ethics. MinuteAI ensures audio and transcripts never leave the researcher's device — making IRB approval straightforward and protecting your participants.
What MinuteAI Doesn't Do
No built-in coding tools — Export transcripts to NVivo, Atlas.ti, or Dedoose for qualitative analysis.
Accuracy varies — Background noise, accents, and technical terms affect transcription quality.
No team/lab sharing — Individual-use tool. Share transcripts manually with collaborators.
Apple only — Requires macOS 14+ or iOS/iPadOS 17+. No Windows or Linux support.
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