How to transcribe a (live) video on a Mac without playing the sound on speaker mode, using Otter.ai
- Find the best programs like Soundflower for Mac. More than 14 alternatives to choose: Audacity, eqMac2, Boom 2 and more.
- 8/10 (11 votes) - Download Soundflower Mac Free. Soundflower can be used to transfer audio from one app to another on Mac. You can route audio signals just as if you had a software-based sound card. Soundflower is a tool with which you can make the most of the audio playing on your Mac.
Find the best programs like Soundflower for Mac. More than 14 alternatives to choose: Audacity, eqMac2, Boom 2 and more.
1. On a computer, install a utility software that can route audio between applications.
For Mac, I use Soundflower, with a setup tutorial video here. Other alternatives include iShowU Audio Capture or Loopback.
In System Preferences > Sound, set the Output to Multi-Output Device, which I'd defined as Soundflower (64ch) + Internal Speakers / Headphones, so both the destination application and I can 'hear' the audio.
Next, set the Input to Soundflower (64ch), so the destination application can only hear the routed audio from the source application, and not pick up any sound from the default microphone.
If you are using iShowU Audio Capture or Loopback, just make sure that your Multi-Output Device uses those instead of Soundflower. Then do the same with the input.
2.Open the real-time video feed (i.e. this is the source application from which the audio will be routed to the destination application); e.g. the same way that your human transcribers currently access the real-time video feed on their computers
3. On the same computer, open a web browser and log into https://otter.ai (i.e. this is the destination application to which the audio is routed from the source application). Click Start recording, edit the title accordingly, and share the conversation as needed.
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Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.Welcome to our Soundflower installation guide. Installing Soundflower on modern macOS versions can be a little complicated as kernel extensions need now to be given permissions before being loaded for the first time. So the Soundflower installer will error out on macOS High Sierra and Mojave. But this is easy to fix.
macOS 10.13 High Sierra and macOS 10.14 Mojave Soundflower Install
- Download the installer: soundflower_2.0b2.zip.
- Run it and perform the install
- The installer will tell you that it failed. This is completely normal.
- Open the System Preferences and go to the “Security & Privacy” settings.
- Click on the “Allow” button next to “MATT INGALS”.(This has to be a physical hardware click. Remote desktop connections or even local software tools like “Better Touch Tool” won’t work!)
- Run the installer again. This time it will run through without any problems.
Click 'Open Security Preferences'
Click on the Allow button and run the installer again.
IMPORTANT: If you can’t record from Soundflower under Mojave (the device is there but only silence is being recorded) make sure that you have given microphone access permissions to your recording app! macOS treats Soundflower like a microphone in this regard. Go to system preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Privacy -> Microphone -> [check mark next to your recording app]
See our blog post about this issue: https://www.fluxforge.com/blog/recording-problems-on-mojave/
macOS 10.10 - 10.12 Soundflower Install
Because we’re getting this asked a lot: Here’s how you get Soundflower to work with macOS 10.12 Sierra and OS X 10.10 and 10.11…
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As you know, since 10.10, OS X requires kernel extensions to be signed. Sadly the officially available version of Soundflower isn’t signed because it’s an open source project and - as far as we know - no one has volunteered to do the work and pay the $99 fee to obtain a signing certificate.
That’s why we have built a signed version of Soundflower which will work on OS X 10.10, 10.11 and the new macOS 10.12 Sierra.
Here is the direct download link: soundflower_2.0b2.zip.
Download Soundflower For Mac
Download the zip and run the contained installer. Even though not required you probably should restart your Mac to make sure everything got installed properly.
Enjoy!
Please note that we can’t offer direct support for Soundflower. We just built a version you can install on macOS 10.11 and 10.12. If you encounter any problems please contact Soundflower’s developer! You can find their project page here: https://github.com/Soundflower-Original
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Shameless self promotion: Have you tried Vector yet? Vector is an audio editor for OS X that is designed to fit into the space between simple audio apps and full blown studio production tools. (Kinda like Cool Edit Pro for the Mac - if you are that old school).