Open-source on your Mac, completely free. Wavepod writes the transcript and names each speaker. It writes a summary and answers your questions with quotes.
What Wavepod does
Wavepod transcribes podcasts on your Mac with local AI models. Paste a Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube link, an RSS feed, or add an audio or video file. You get the full transcript with timestamps, and your audio does not leave your Mac.
Wavepod finds who speaks and when, and names each speaker from the episode. The summary tells you who said what, and each point links to its moment in the audio. Click a point to hear it.
Wavepod writes a summary of each episode on your Mac, without an account or a subscription. Follow a podcast and Wavepod summarizes each new episode. Then ask the episode a question and get an answer with quotes.
Install
Apple did not notarize this version of Wavepod. The first time you open it, macOS asks you to confirm. You do these steps one time.
Click Download for Mac. Open Wavepod.dmg from your Downloads folder.
In the window that opens, drag the Wavepod icon onto the Applications folder.
Open Wavepod from your Applications folder. macOS shows "Apple could not verify Wavepod". Click Done.
"Wavepod" Not Opened
Apple could not verify "Wavepod" is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy.
Open System Settings and select Privacy & Security. In the Security section, click Open Anyway. Click Open Anyway again and enter your Mac password.
Security
Questions
Paste a Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube link, an RSS feed or the website of a podcast. You can also add an audio or video file. Wavepod writes the transcript and names each speaker from the episode. The summary is ready when the transcript is ready, and each point links to its moment in the audio. Then you can ask the episode a question. The answer quotes the transcript, in the language of your question.
Nothing. Wavepod is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license. There is no account and no subscription.
You need a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later), macOS 15 or later and about 4 GB of free disk space. When you open Wavepod the first time, it downloads the transcription models. You can also download a 2.3 GB model that answers questions on your Mac.
No. Transcription always runs on your Mac. Answers and summaries also run on your Mac, unless you select your ChatGPT or Claude plan. Then Wavepod sends the transcript text to that service, but not the audio. Settings › Data and Privacy shows each network request that Wavepod makes.
Most European languages, including English, Spanish and Catalan.
From Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, RSS feeds, podcast websites, and audio or video files on your Mac. You can also follow a podcast. Wavepod then transcribes and summarizes each new episode.
Yes. The code is on GitHub. You can read it, build the app yourself and report problems there.
Apple did not notarize this version of Wavepod. Notarization is an Apple check of an app before you open it. For this reason, macOS asks you to confirm the first time. Follow the install steps.