Terrific Transcription Updates in Audio Hijack 4.5

Audio Hijack is well-known for its ability to record any audio on your Mac, but that’s not all it can do. For instance, the built-in Transcribe block enables you to convert spoken audio into text. Whether you’re a podcaster looking to generate a transcript for your show or an office worker who can benefit from your own automated stenographer, Audio Hijack and Transcribe are ready to assist.
With the release of Audio Hijack 4.5, we’ve made several key improvements to Transcribe.
Faster and More Efficient, Thanks to Metal

Metal is a technology from Apple which allows apps to directly access your Mac’s GPU for fast rendering and complex calculations. We’ve now updated Transcribe to take advantage of Metal, for faster and more efficient processing on all Apple Silicon-based Macs.
When using the new Metal-enhanced Transcribe in Audio Hijack 4.5, you’ll see markedly lower CPU usage. In addition, your transcriptions will now finalize much faster, often almost instantly. It’s quite an advancement.
An Updated Template
When the Transcribe block was introduced, we also added a new Transcribe template to Audio Hijack’s Template Chooser window to help you get started. That template has now been improved to clean up audio before feeding it to the Transcribe block:

With the new Transcribe template, your transcripts will be more accurate than ever.
“Beta” No More

When the Transcribe block first shipped, we worried it wasn’t quite polished enough for a fully supported release, so we attached a “Beta” label to it. Our concerns proved quite unfounded, as countless users have made great use of Audio Hijack’s transcription functionality without incident. We’re delighted to remove that beta label now, and provide full support for Transcribe.
Download Audio Hijack 4.5 Now

These updates are immediately available in Audio Hijack 4.5, a free update for all existing users of version 4. Select Check for Updates from the Audio Hijack menu to download it now. If you’re new to Audio Hijack, visit its product page to learn more, then download the free trial to test it out.