Trint suits newsrooms and media teams that edit transcripts together in the cloud and cut stories from them. Dalm is for Mac users: a file is recognised on the Mac and no audio is sent, while the text syncs to our servers.
Dalm and Trint at a glance
| Trint | Dalm | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, with desktop and mobile apps for licence holders | Mac with Apple Silicon · macOS 15.0 or later |
| Where a file becomes text | In its cloud, on Amazon Web Services in the EU or the US | On your Mac; the original stays where it was |
| What is kept on a server | Uploaded media and transcripts, by default for the lifetime of the subscription | The text, which syncs to our servers automatically; no audio is sent |
| Working on the transcript | Edit it like a document, mark quotes, summarise it with a prompt, AI highlights, build a rough cut with Story Builder, share with comments, export to DOCX, EDL or XML | Correct any line; documents as Markdown, Word or PDF; no rough cut from clips and no EDL or XML export |
| Meetings | Live transcription of a screen or microphone, with speakers recognised, as an enterprise feature | Records a call or a conversation across a table, separates the voices and writes a summary from the transcript and your notes |
| Languages | Files in more than 50; translation into 70+ | Over a hundred, with the wider language coverage chosen once; no translation |
| Files | Audio and video uploads | Audio or video from 0.3 seconds to four hours, on the Free plan |
What Trint does is taken from its security, apps and audio and video pages, checked on . Its plans page did not load as text that day, so its prices are not compared here.
When Trint is the better choice
- You turn transcripts into stories. Trint lets you edit a transcript like a text document, mark quotes, reorder clips into a rough cut with Story Builder and export articles to DOCX and cuts to EDL or XML. Dalm lets you correct a line and save the transcript or a document, but it does not cut stories from clips.
- A team works on the same file. You can share a story with people who have no Trint account, set who can do what, and leave comments, then play the story back with timecodes synced to the transcript. Dalm has no player.
- You publish in other languages. Trint translates transcripts into 70+ languages. Dalm writes down what was said in the language it was said in.
- You transcribe away from a Mac. Trint runs in the browser and has desktop and mobile apps for licence holders. Dalm is a Mac app for Apple Silicon · macOS 15.0 or later.
- You need paperwork for a security review. Trint states ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certification and lets you keep data in the EU or the US. Dalm holds no certification.
When Dalm is the better choice
- The file is read on your Mac. Drop in an interview or a call — audio or video from 0.3 seconds to four hours, on the Free plan — and Dalm reads it where it is: “The file is processed on this Mac · the original stays where it was”. No audio is sent anywhere. The transcript made from it syncs to our servers automatically, and no setting turns that off. How local and cloud recognition differ.
- Your recordings are not kept on a server. Dalm never uploads the file; Trint keeps uploaded media for the lifetime of the subscription unless you ask for deletion.
- Meetings, not only files. Dalm records a call or a conversation across a table from your Mac, separates the voices there, and writes a summary from the transcript and the notes you typed. Every quote shows you where it was said — open it and the transcript opens at that place.
- Dictation in the same app. Hold a key in any app, speak, and the words go where the cursor is. Everything you say lands in one archive you can search: meetings, phone calls, conversations in the room, and what you dictate to a model.
Looking for a Trint alternative?
If what you need is a transcript of your own interviews and calls, made without uploading the recording, Dalm does that on your Mac: the file stays where it was and only the text syncs to our servers. If you build stories from transcripts with a team, translate them or cut video from them, Trint covers work that Dalm does not. Transcription apps compared by name are on the transcription software page; for interviews in particular, see transcribing an interview. Paid plans are on the pricing page.
Questions
- Is there a Trint alternative for Mac?
- Dalm is one, if you work on a Mac with Apple Silicon · macOS 15.0 or later and your recordings are interviews, calls or meetings. You drop in an audio or video file and the speech is recognised on the Mac, with the original left where it was. The transcript made from it syncs to our servers automatically.
- Where does Trint process my files?
- In its cloud. Trint uses Amazon Web Services data centres in the EU and the US, lets you choose where data is stored, and by default keeps uploaded media for the lifetime of the subscription. Dalm recognises speech on your Mac and sends no audio anywhere; the text then syncs to our servers.
- How much does Trint cost?
- Trint shows its prices on a plans page inside its web app, which did not return readable text when we checked it — the date is on this page — so its prices are not compared here. Dalm's Free plan includes importing files, recording meetings and dictation, and Pro is $16 a month, or $12 a month billed annually (paid plans are not open yet).
- Can I edit and export a transcript in Dalm the way I can in Trint?
- You can correct any line of the transcript in Dalm and save documents as Markdown, Word or PDF. It has no editor for building a story from clips and no EDL or XML export for video editing. Trint is built for that: you edit the transcript like a document, reorder clips into a rough cut, and export it for final editing.
- Does Dalm transcribe live, like Trint?
- Dalm records a meeting and shows a draft while it runs; the full transcript comes when the recording ends. Trint's live transcription of anything on screen or from the microphone, in 40+ languages, is an enterprise feature.