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What changed in Scribiz, by date, newest first. Each line says what you can do now.

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  1. The command-line tool is on npm, with sign-in

    • NewThe command-line tool is on npm as scribiz. Install it with npm install -g scribiz, or run npx scribiz. It runs on your machine, reads files, folders and links, and writes SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, Context or JSON. It needs Node 24 and ffmpeg, plus yt-dlp for most links, and has been tested on macOS only.
    • NewVersion 0.1.1 adds command-line sign-in. Run scribiz login, confirm the code it shows at scribiz.com/login/device, and a Scribiz key is saved on your machine. A free account has 30 minutes a month, scribiz whoami shows how many are left, and when they are used up the tool says when they come back. Your audio goes from your machine to Scribiz, which sends it to Google.
    • NewOr skip the account: scribiz setup saves your own Gemini API key, and then your audio goes from your machine straight to Google. One credential is saved at a time, so login and setup replace each other, and GEMINI_API_KEY in the environment wins over a saved sign-in. scribiz logout removes the saved credential from your machine and does not revoke the Scribiz key: the dashboard does.
    • NewA local MCP server comes with it: claude mcp add scribiz -- scribiz mcp. It runs on your machine with your Scribiz account or your own Gemini key. In 0.1.1 it takes the watch argument on get_video_context and ask_video and serves on-screen notes that are already stored, like the hosted server with a key. It refuses links to your own machine and to private networks unless you pass --allow-private-network.
    • NoteThe Mac app is not out yet.

  2. Scribiz opens

    • NewThe free web tool. Paste a video link or drop an audio or video file and get the transcript, what was on screen, a summary and chapters. No account is needed to start.
    • NewExport as SRT, VTT, TXT, Markdown, Context or JSON. Speakers are labelled when there is more than one voice.
    • NewFour modes: Auto, Listen, Watch and Both. Auto picks the cheapest path that works. Watch reads the text on screen, so a silent screen recording still gets a result.
    • NewA remote MCP server at https://scribiz.com/mcp for Claude, Cursor, Codex and other agents. It needs no key. It has five tools: get_transcript, get_video_context, ask_video, search_video and get_job.
    • BetterThe MCP server now reads videos that have no captions our server can read. Without a key it uses captions when it can, serves videos Scribiz has already processed at no cost (a summary it has not written for one yet uses a tenth of the video length), and otherwise a model reads the link, inside the same 10 minutes a day as the free web tool (videos up to 15 minutes, 5 questions a day). Times are approximate when a model read the link, and it never looks at the picture, so there are no on-screen notes. Everyone who connects without a key also shares one daily limit. When it is used up, captions and videos already processed still work.
    • NewA REST API at https://scribiz.com/api. Create a job from a link or an upload, follow it, read the result and ask a question about it.
    • NewDocs for the web tool, the MCP server and the API at /docs.
    • BetterA video that Scribiz has already processed is served again in the mode you asked for, and costs no minutes.
    • NewTwo more tool pages: M4A to text for voice memos and call recordings, and a YouTube subtitle downloader for SRT and VTT.
    • NewGuides at /blog: how to get a YouTube transcript when there are no captions, how to open the transcript on YouTube, and whether ChatGPT or Claude can watch a YouTube video.
    • NewComparisons at /alternatives: Scribiz next to Tactiq and NoteGPT, with what each tool does better.
    • NewA waitlist for the Mac app, Pro, Mac Lifetime and the command-line tool, on the download and pricing pages.
    • NewAbout and Changelog pages.
    • BetterThe docs now say plainly that the command-line package and the Mac app are not published yet, and show what works today: the web tool, the MCP server and the API.
    • BetterThe privacy policy now says what a waitlist stores and what the site does about analytics, and the terms and the docs state the captions rule one way: a tenth of a minute for each minute of video, and 30 lookups a day without an account.
    • NotePlans are Free, Pro ($10 a month or $84 a year) and Mac Lifetime ($99 once, $59 early bird for the first 500). Pro and Mac Lifetime are not on sale yet, and the Mac app cannot be downloaded yet.

Before Scribiz

Scribiz follows transcribe, an open-source command-line tool by the same maker. These are its releases. transcribe on GitHub.

  1. transcribe 4.2

    • BetterOne-step setup: paste a key and the tool works out which service it belongs to. A doctor command shows which keys and tools are in place. The clean-up pass uploads far less audio and runs faster.

  2. transcribe 4.0

    • NewSpeaker labels, an optional second pass that fixes mis-heard names and technical terms while keeping the timing, and support for other services that speak the same API, such as OpenRouter.

  3. transcribe 3.8

    • NewA right-click action in Finder on a Mac: Transcribe Subtitles.

  4. transcribe 3.7

    • NewInstagram Reels, using your browser login.

  5. transcribe 3.5

    • NewPass a folder and pick the files to transcribe in bulk.

  6. transcribe 3.4

    • NewScreen Studio recordings.

  7. transcribe 3.3

    • NewLinks from other sites that yt-dlp supports, such as X, not only YouTube.

  8. transcribe 3.2

    • BetterLong files are transcribed in parallel pieces, so they finish sooner.

  9. transcribe 3.1

    • NewLong files are split automatically. New options for where to save the file and for shifting timestamps in an editor.

  10. transcribe 1.0 and 2.0

    • NewFirst release: one command turns an audio or video file into SRT subtitles. YouTube links worked the same day.