Kapsicum for Journalists & Reporters

Your interviews, already transcribed

Hang up the call and the transcript is ready. Kapsicum transcribes interviews in real time with speaker labels, captures every note you type, and makes your entire reporting history searchable. When you need the exact quote on deadline, you search. You don't scrub.

Sound familiar?

Transcription is a second jobA 45-minute interview takes 2-3 hours to transcribe by hand. That's not journalism. That's data entry. And you have three more this week.
Finding the exact quoteYour source said something perfect at minute 37. You need the exact words, not the gist. That means scrubbing 90 minutes of audio to find 15 seconds.
Filing on deadlineThirty minutes to file. You need a data point from Tuesday's interview, a quote from Thursday's follow-up, and a fact from a Slack thread. It's all there. In three different places.

How Kapsicum Helps

Audio CaptureInterviews on Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, or any audio source, transcribed in real time. Both sides captured with speaker labels. Searchable by any word.
Voice DictationDictate your story at speaking speed, from the field, the car, or between interviews. 150 words per minute into your editor of choice.
TimelineYour complete reporting trail, chronologically. When did you first learn about a development? What did your source say last Thursday? Scroll back and see.

Real Workflows

Post-interview workflowThe call ends. The full transcript is already searchable. Pull the best quotes, verify the facts, start writing. No transcription backlog. No audio scrubbing.
On-deadline fact-checkingThirty minutes to deadline. Search across three interviews and your notes. Find the data point, confirm the attribution, pull the exact quote. File.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Kapsicum transcribe both sides of a call?
Both local and remote audio: your microphone and the call output. Both speakers transcribed and labeled. You see who said what.
Can I search across multiple interviews?
One search covers every transcript, typed note, and communication in your history. Filter by date to scope to a specific story. Search broadly across your entire reporting career.
Is source material kept confidential?
All data stored locally on your Mac. AES-256 encryption. No audio or text sent to any server unless you opt into cloud transcription with your own API keys. Source protection starts with keeping data off third-party servers.
How quickly is a transcript ready?
Transcription happens in real time during the call. You hang up. The transcript is already searchable. No processing wait. No upload.