Hurd AI

Hurd AI records audio and turns it into text you can edit. It is a free AI note taker and transcription tool that also tags and summarizes each recording automatically, so a long meeting or lecture ends up as a short summary plus a searchable transcript.

Recordings are unlimited on the free plan, which is the main reason to look at it first.

Hurd AI works with several languages and accepts various audio and video formats, so you can bring in existing files as well as record new ones.

An inline editor lets you fix mistakes in the transcript directly, which matters because accuracy can vary with audio quality.

Clear speech will give you cleaner results than a noisy room.

Data stays private on your local machine, an appealing choice if you handle sensitive conversations.

The catch is that processing relies on that same machine, so your hardware sets the pace.

Hurd AI suits students, researchers and anyone who regularly needs written records of spoken material without paying per minute or per recording.