The Word, Decoded

Hermeneia

Hermeneia turns recorded speech into clean text, then translates it across common languages like English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, and Japanese. Built for real-world ministry, students, teachers, and administrators with optional NVIDIA and Metal acceleration.

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Features

Everything you need to transcribe, translate, and edit audio — all offline, all on your machine.

Accurate Transcription

Convert speech to clear text with high accuracy and punctuation-aware output. Supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, M4A, and AAC.

Multilingual Translation

Translate between common language pairs like English-Spanish, English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, English-Arabic, English-Hindi, and English-Chinese.

Accelerated Processing

Optional NVIDIA and Apple Metal acceleration for faster transcription and translation on supported systems.

Audio Editor

Visual waveform editor with precise trimming. Select regions and cut audio with frame-level accuracy.

Export & Share

Save transcripts and translations as professional SRT captions with precise timestamps, or export to plain text for easy editing and sharing.

Cross-Platform

Native desktop apps for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Fully offline operation keeps sensitive audio and transcripts on your machine.

Download

Get the latest release for your platform. All packages are self-contained — no cloud services, no accounts needed.