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Transcribe Health for Windows

A 64-bit app for Windows 10 and 11. Native microphone capture, a system-wide dictation shortcut and a tray icon, signed in with your existing account.

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The desktop app is almost ready

We are finishing the first release. Until it ships, Transcribe Health works in your browser with the same account, and this page will offer the download as soon as it is published.

Open the web app

Using a Mac? Get the macOS version.

System requirements

  • Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit
  • 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. 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.

  2. 2

    Follow the short wizard

    Accept the defaults. The installer adds Transcribe Health to the Start menu and finishes in a few seconds.

  3. 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. Audio is held in memory while you record and streamed to transcribe.health; it is never written to the disk.

Typing into other programs

The dictation shortcut types the transcript into whatever program has the cursor. Windows needs no extra permission for this.

Network

The app connects only to transcribe.health and its subdomains over HTTPS (port 443). It accepts no inbound connections and makes no other outbound requests, so allowing that domain in your firewall or proxy is enough.

Check that it is working

  1. 1Open the app and sign in. The window shows the same home page you see on the web.
  2. 2Start a recording. The level meter moves when you speak, which confirms the microphone works.
  3. 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.
  4. 4While a recording is open, the tray icon's tooltip says so, so a hidden window never records without a visible sign.

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

  1. 1Quit Transcribe Health from the tray icon.
  2. 2Open Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find Transcribe Health and choose Uninstall.
  3. 3The uninstaller removes the per-user install; no administrator rights are needed.

Verify your download

The checksum will appear here once a release is published.