The Interview: Filmmaker Tools

Transcribe video and audio to text right on your iPhone, turn the transcript into subtitles and captions, and edit a rough cut just by deleting words. Built for documentary filmmakers, journalists, podcasters and anyone who records interviews.

Private speech to text: your footage, recordings and transcripts never leave the device, and transcription works with no connection once a language model is downloaded. Free for everyone, with no account and no ads.

TRANSCRIBE VIDEO AND AUDIO TO TEXT
• Accurate transcription in around 100 languages, with timing for every word
• Transcribe videos from your library, imported audio files or new voice recordings
• Choose a faster or a more accurate model for each clip
• Batch transcribe a whole shoot while you keep working
• On-device translation of any transcript into your language

LIVE SPEECH TO TEXT AND TRANSLATOR
• Record audio and watch the live transcript appear as people speak
• Two-way conversations in two languages, with live translation
• Works offline once the languages are downloaded

SUBTITLES AND CAPTIONS
• Export SRT subtitles for the full transcript or for the edited cut
• Original or translated subtitles
• Captions during playback

EDIT VIDEO BY EDITING TEXT
• Keep or cut individual words or whole lines in the transcript
• AI Cut: describe a topic and a target length, and Apple Intelligence picks the best lines, for one clip or a whole folder (on supported devices)
• Review every AI edit and adjust it by hand
• Save the cut as a new clip in your project

EXPORT TO YOUR VIDEO EDITOR
• Rough-cut folder with the original full-quality media and a cut list with real in and out points
• Final Cut Pro (FCPXML), Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve (XML), and CMX 3600 EDL for Avid and other editors
• Project exports as plain folders, with markers and a clip log
• AirDrop the folder to your laptop and keep editing

ORGANIZE YOUR FOOTAGE
• Every video in your library, grouped by day and by place
• Import from a camera's memory card or from Files, as audio only, a small proxy or the full video, straight into a project
• Retakes of the same setup stacked together automatically
• Rate clips, add notes and markers, and sort them into projects and folders

SEARCH EVERY QUOTE
• Search all your transcripts at once and jump to the exact moment something was said

RELEASE FORMS AND SIGNATURES
• Generate a standard appearance release from a few questions, or use your own form
• The interviewee signs on screen with a finger
• A video of the signing is recorded as proof, with a fingerprint to show it hasn't been altered
• Signed PDFs stay organized by project
Release templates are a starting point, not legal advice.

FREE, WITH OPTIONAL SUPPORT
Every feature is free and nothing is locked. If the app saves you time, you can support its independent development with an optional monthly, yearly or one-time contribution. Supporting doesn't unlock anything extra.

Live transcription and AI Cut need iOS 26, and AI Cut needs a device with Apple Intelligence.

SUPPORTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
Monthly Supporter and Yearly Supporter are optional auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically at the same price for the same period unless it's cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. The one-time Supporter purchase is charged once and doesn't renew.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://olmaster13-spec.github.io/theinterview-privacy/privacy.html