Inquiry about Arabic audio transcription software

[Guilnard Moufarrej]

Hello,

I am looking for recommendations for transcription software that can accurately transcribe audio recordings in Lebanese and Syrian Arabic into text. These recordings are research interviews, so maintaining participant confidentiality is essential.

I would also appreciate any guidance on how to ensure the privacy and security of the interview data with AI-driven transcription software, . Specifically, are there tools that offer strong data protection or can be used in a way that complies with research confidentiality requirements?

Thank you in advance for your recommendations and any advice you can provide.

Best,

Guilnard Moufarrej, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar

The Institute of Music Research

The University of Würzburg

[Mohamed H.]

Hi,

You can try using offline models via: https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote (works with Flatpak)

It does offer Arabic transcription but I haven't checked for dialects.

As long as you use an offline model, the data will stay on your system.

Shukran,

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[Bouchekif Abdessalam]

Hi,
I recommend Cohere Transcribe Arabic: 
https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-arabic-07-2026

Best regards,

Abdesselam Bouchekif

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[Mustafa J]

Agreed; cohere-transcribe is SOTA in my testing.

I recommend this CLI: https://github.com/AliOsm/cohere-transcribe

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