diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/AudioTranscribeView.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/AudioTranscribeView.swift
index 51b40ca..e86028f 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Views/AudioTranscribeView.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/AudioTranscribeView.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ struct AudioTranscribeView: View {
                                         .font(.subheadline)
                                         .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                                     Spacer()
-                                    AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: enhancedText)
+                                    HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                                        AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: enhancedText)
+                                        AnimatedSaveButton(textToSave: enhancedText)
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 Text(enhancedText)
                                     .textSelection(.enabled)
@@ -52,7 +55,10 @@ struct AudioTranscribeView: View {
                                         .font(.subheadline)
                                         .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                                     Spacer()
-                                    AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: transcription.text)
+                                    HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                                        AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: transcription.text)
+                                        AnimatedSaveButton(textToSave: transcription.text)
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 Text(transcription.text)
                                     .textSelection(.enabled)
@@ -64,7 +70,10 @@ struct AudioTranscribeView: View {
                                         .font(.subheadline)
                                         .foregroundColor(.secondary)
                                     Spacer()
-                                    AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: transcription.text)
+                                    HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                                        AnimatedCopyButton(textToCopy: transcription.text)
+                                        AnimatedSaveButton(textToSave: transcription.text)
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 Text(transcription.text)
                                     .textSelection(.enabled)
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Views/Common/AnimatedSaveButton.swift b/VoiceInk/Views/Common/AnimatedSaveButton.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5eeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VoiceInk/Views/Common/AnimatedSaveButton.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import UniformTypeIdentifiers
+
+struct AnimatedSaveButton: View {
+    let textToSave: String
+    @State private var isSaved: Bool = false
+    @State private var showingSavePanel = false
+    
+    var body: some View {
+        Menu {
+            Button("Save as TXT") {
+                saveFile(as: .plainText, extension: "txt")
+            }
+            
+            Button("Save as MD") {
+                saveFile(as: .text, extension: "md")
+            }
+        } label: {
+            HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                Image(systemName: isSaved ? "checkmark" : "square.and.arrow.down")
+                    .font(.system(size: 12, weight: isSaved ? .bold : .regular))
+                    .foregroundColor(.white)
+                Text(isSaved ? "Saved" : "Save")
+                    .font(.system(size: 12, weight: isSaved ? .medium : .regular))
+                    .foregroundColor(.white)
+            }
+            .padding(.horizontal, 8)
+            .padding(.vertical, 4)
+            .background(
+                Capsule()
+                    .fill(isSaved ? Color.green.opacity(0.8) : Color.orange)
+            )
+        }
+        .buttonStyle(.plain)
+        .scaleEffect(isSaved ? 1.05 : 1.0)
+        .animation(.spring(response: 0.3, dampingFraction: 0.7), value: isSaved)
+    }
+    
+    private func saveFile(as contentType: UTType, extension fileExtension: String) {
+        let panel = NSSavePanel()
+        panel.allowedContentTypes = [contentType]
+        panel.nameFieldStringValue = "\(generateFileName()).\(fileExtension)"
+        panel.title = "Save Transcription"
+        
+        if panel.runModal() == .OK {
+            guard let url = panel.url else { return }
+            
+            do {
+                let content = fileExtension == "md" ? formatAsMarkdown(textToSave) : textToSave
+                try content.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+                
+                withAnimation {
+                    isSaved = true
+                }
+                
+                // Reset the animation after a delay
+                DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2.0) {
+                    withAnimation {
+                        isSaved = false
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch {
+                print("Failed to save file: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private func generateFileName() -> String {
+        // Clean the text and split into words
+        let cleanedText = textToSave
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: "\n", with: " ")
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: "\r", with: " ")
+        
+        let words = cleanedText.components(separatedBy: .whitespaces)
+            .filter { !$0.isEmpty }
+        
+        // Take first 5-8 words (depending on length)
+        let wordCount = min(words.count, words.count <= 3 ? words.count : (words.count <= 6 ? 6 : 8))
+        let selectedWords = Array(words.prefix(wordCount))
+        
+        if selectedWords.isEmpty {
+            return "transcription"
+        }
+        
+        // Create filename by joining words and cleaning invalid characters
+        let fileName = selectedWords.joined(separator: "-")
+            .lowercased()
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: "[^a-z0-9\\-]", with: "", options: .regularExpression)
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: "--+", with: "-", options: .regularExpression)
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "-"))
+        
+        // Ensure filename isn't empty and isn't too long
+        let finalFileName = fileName.isEmpty ? "transcription" : String(fileName.prefix(50))
+        
+        return finalFileName
+    }
+    
+    private func formatAsMarkdown(_ text: String) -> String {
+        let timestamp = DateFormatter.localizedString(from: Date(), dateStyle: .medium, timeStyle: .short)
+        return """
+        # Transcription
+        
+        **Date:** \(timestamp)
+        
+        \(text)
+        """
+    }
+}
+
+struct AnimatedSaveButton_Previews: PreviewProvider {
+    static var previews: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 20) {
+            AnimatedSaveButton(textToSave: "Hello world this is a sample transcription text")
+            Text("Save Button Preview")
+                .padding()
+        }
+        .padding()
+    }
+} 
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