Transcribe vs TranscriptX assessments

Snapshot date: 2026-10-23.

These notes compare Transcribe (this repo) with the sibling product TranscriptX. They are a maintainer survey, not product contracts. Behaviour still lives in CONTRACT_INDEX.md. Sequencing still lives in ROADMAP.md.

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Value

Transcribe

package 0.8.8, latest tag v0.8.8, branch main at survey time

TranscriptX

package 1.0.1, tags v1.0.0 / v1.0.1, HEAD about 13 commits ahead of v1.0.1

Root assessments/

gitignored local run logs in both repos — not this folder

How to read

Doc

Use

2026-10-23-transcribe.md

What this notebook workbench already shipped at survey (package 0.8.8); U2/I6/1.0 landed afterwards

2026-10-23-transcriptx.md

What the audio product shipped for public 1.0 (patterns to copy vs audio-only)

2026-10-23-drift.md

Shared patterns, naming pairs, and gap severity

2026-10-23-v1-gap-register.md

Execution checklist for the v1 wave programme

The lag is release maturity, not a missing audio stack. Transcribe must not import TranscriptX. Do not edit the TranscriptX tree from this programme.