EKHOS AI

EKHOS AI is professional-grade transcription software that runs locally on your device without requiring a cloud connection. It is designed to turn audio and video into text for legal, medical, law enforcement, journalism, research, and podcasting use cases. The desktop application provides unlimited transcription, speaker identification, built-in proofreading tools, and a media player.

• Unlimited transcriptions with no limits on file size, quantity, and duration on the premium plan
• Speaker identification and labeling, including real-time transcription from microphone and speaker audio
• Local offline processing with no telemetry, usage analytics, or external transmission of files
• Support for 98 languages including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese
• Built-in media player and Tracks Editor that highlights transcript segments in sync with audio or video playback
• Bulk transcriptions using a built-in queue feature
• Export options in Word, PDF, and Text formats, plus a plain text editor alternative
• Local security features including a local password, recovery phrase, encrypted local database, and read-only mode

Pros

• Complete data privacy and offline capability with no cloud connection required after signing in
• No limits on file duration, quantity, or size on the premium membership tier
• Built-in synchronization between audio/video playback and the Tracks Editor for reviewing and correcting text
• Hardware flexibility allowing users to run AI transcription on a CPU or utilize an NVIDIA GPU for faster processing

Cons

• Free plan is strictly limited to one transcription for 30 minutes daily and exports only in text formats
• Requires installation via the Microsoft Store
• Hardware requirements specify that NVIDIA RTX models are recommended for GPU acceleration
• Sign-up requires an email confirmation step and an active internet connection for the initial sign-in

EKHOS AI fits legal professionals, medical practitioners, law enforcement officers, journalists, researchers, and podcasters who require strict data privacy and local offline processing for sensitive audio recordings. It is a poor fit for teams or users looking for collaborative cloud-based editing workspaces or those who do not use Windows platforms supported by the Microsoft Store.

The pricing model includes a recurring subscription. The Free Plan costs $0 for a single user per computer and allows 1 transcription for 30 minutes daily with text-only exports. The Premium Plan costs $9 USD per month billed annually at 25% off for a single user per computer, providing real unlimited transcriptions, speaker identification, bulk queues, and multiple export formats.

Unlike cloud-based AI transcription services that transmit data to external servers, EKHOS AI runs entirely on the user's local computer hardware using the CPU or an NVIDIA GPU. It guarantees that no files, transcripts, telemetry, or usage analytics are sent externally, and ensures that user data is never used to train AI models.

Works with audio and video file formats including MP3, MP4, WAV, MKV, AVI, and MPEG, and exports transcripts in Word (.docx), PDF, and Text formats.