every tool runs on your device. nothing is uploaded.
bartleby turns short videos into text. paste a link, get the transcript.
the listening and writing happen on your own device, so nothing you paste is uploaded or kept.
there are no ads, no signup and no tracking. he would prefer not to.
named after the copyist in herman melville's 1853 story, who met every request with the same five words. this one sighs first, then does the job.
this is v1.0, the mvp. what works so far
private or deleted posts can't be fetched. he will tell you, flatly.
the same tool as a command, for people who live in one.
$ npm i -g bartleby
$ bartleby https://instagram.com/reel/... ( -_- ) ugh. fine. [ok] 87 words, saved to reel.md
not published yet. the install command above is what it will be.
free and open source. read it, fork it, run your own.
$ git clone https://github.com/you/bartleby
the repository isn't public yet; the address above is a placeholder.
give this to a coding agent, such as claude code, and it will get bartleby running on your machine.
it asks before installing anything or starting the fetcher. the repository address is a placeholder until it's public.
bartleby takes no ads and sells nothing. if he saved you an afternoon, tip the scrivener.
he will not say thank you. he will think it.
the language spoken in the video. he can't tell on his own yet, so pick it before you paste.
translate, in the editor, turns any of these into english.
pro swaps the plain transcript for the full editor: pages, formatting, preview and translate.
pages, settings and the downloaded model are kept in this browser. nothing is sent anywhere.
deleting pages can't be undone. the model stays downloaded so the next transcript is quick.
the least he could do. he did it properly, though.
a bigger model, run on your graphics card. fewest mistakes, fastest, biggest download.
of audio. about on the engine, on this device.