Polyglot

Polyglot is a new Mac app for people who work with video and text at the same time. It turns recordings into subtitles, translates SRT and VTT files, and can export readable transcripts. The pitch is simple: keep the whole job inside one native app instead of bouncing between separate tools.

The local-processing angle is the real hook here. Polyglot says media and AI processing stay on the Mac, which will matter to anyone who’d rather not upload audio or video to another service just to get subtitles back. It also bundles editing, bilingual exports, batch translation, video enhancement, and compression. That’s a fairly broad toolkit for a single app.

There’s a limited free trial attached: unlimited transcription and translation for 7 days, and it doesn’t require an account. After that, Pro costs €29.99 once. The company says editing, conversion, exports, and video tools remain free, which makes the paid tier look more like an unlock for heavier use than a hard wall across the app.

Polyglot is for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14.4 or later. That keeps the target audience pretty clear: newer Mac users who want local AI features without a subscription treadmill. It’s a familiar pattern now, but the privacy-first framing still has punch when the work involves raw media files.