Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit. A current Microsoft Edge WebView2 Evergreen Runtime is required.
A microphone (built-in or USB)
Internet access to transcribe.health
No administrator rights needed: the app installs into your own user profile
Install in three steps
1
Run the installer
Open the downloaded setup .exe. It installs for your Windows user only, so it does not ask for an administrator password. Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen warning, and clinic policy may block installation. Verify that the download came from transcribe.health; contact your IT team if clinic policy blocks it.
2
Follow the short wizard
Accept the defaults. The installer adds Transcribe Health to the Start menu and finishes in a few seconds.
3
Open it and sign in
Start Transcribe Health from the Start menu. Sign in with the account you use on the web, including Google or your clinic's single sign-on.
Permissions and network access
Microphone
Windows asks for microphone access the first time you record, under Settings, Privacy, Microphone. Native audio capture is held in memory and streamed to transcribe.health. The main and dictation WebViews use nonpersistent storage, including for local encrypted recovery drafts.
Typing into other programs
The dictation shortcut types the transcript into whatever program has the cursor. Windows needs no extra permission for this.
Network
Allow HTTPS and secure WebSocket connections (port 443) to transcribe.health and its subdomains. The hosted web app also uses external services depending on the features you use: your sign-in provider (Google or clinic single sign-on), Stripe for payments and its checkout pages in your browser. Support and voice features may require their own connections. Ask support for the destinations needed for your configuration before restricting network access.
Check that it is working
1Open the app and sign in. The window shows the same home page you see on the web.
2Start a recording. The level meter moves when you speak, which confirms the microphone works.
3Click into a text field in another program, press Ctrl+Shift+D, say a sentence and press it again. The text appears where your cursor was.
4While a recording is open, the tray icon's tooltip says so, so a hidden window never records without a visible sign.
5Quitting the app ends your in-app login and discards local encrypted recovery drafts. Closing the window keeps the app running in the menu bar or tray. Visits saved on the server remain available after you sign in again.
Updates
The app checks for an update each time it starts and downloads it in the background.
The update is installed when you quit the app, never in the middle of a visit.
The app is installed per user, so updates need no administrator rights.
Every update is signed by us and the app refuses anything that is not.
Uninstall
1Quit Transcribe Health from the tray icon.
2Open Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find Transcribe Health and choose Uninstall.
3The uninstaller removes the per-user install; no administrator rights are needed.
Verify your download
Compare this value with the one your computer calculates for the file you downloaded. If they match, the file is the one we published and it arrived unchanged.