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Slack transcription integration

For teams who want the transcript to arrive where the conversation already is. The job: post the finished transcript, or a summary of it, into the channel that asked for it.

The one thing that breaks this

Slack requires a response to a slash command within 3 seconds. Acknowledge immediately, store the job_id, and post the transcript with response_url once your poller sees it finish.

ModuleIncoming webhook, called from your poller once the job finishes
ShapePoll
Step timeout3s
Recipes3

Wiring it up

1 · Trigger

Any of these start the run:

2 · Submit from Incoming webhook, called from your poller once the job finishes

# submit — returns immediately, does not block
curl -X POST https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/transcribe/url \
  -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: slack-$FILE_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/recording.mp4",
       "word_timestamps":true}'

→ 202 {"job_id":"a1b2…","status":"queued"}

# then poll — a self-serve (Pro) key collects by polling
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
→ {"status":"processing"} … {"status":"done"}
Retry safety. Slack truncates long messages; post a snippet and attach the full transcript as a file.

3 · Collect

Submit, store the job id, and poll only the rows still queued.

# one job, every format — never re-submit per format
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=txt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=srt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"
curl "https://whipscribe.com/api/v1/jobs/$JOB/result?format=vtt" -H "X-API-Key: $KEY"

What your key can actually do

TierReq/minMinutes/dayLongest fileResultsHow you get it
Pro60Unlimited10 hoursPollWhat POST /v1/keys mints, once your account has API access
Enterprise120Unlimited10 hoursSigned webhooksTalk to us
Collecting results. Self-serve keys are Pro tier, and Pro collects results by polling — webhook_url on a Pro key returns 403 TIER_FORBIDDEN. Signed callbacks are an Enterprise feature.

What it costs to run

Rate$0.0048 / min
Per audio hour$0.29
10 hours of audio$2.88
CreditsNever expire

$24 per 5,000 minutes — about $0.29 an audio hour — and credits never expire.

Why run it here

No subscription to size wrongCompeting transcription tools sell $25–$65 monthly plans with a minute cap that resets whether you used it or not. Credits here are bought once and do not expire, so a quiet month costs nothing and a backlog run does not need an upgrade.
Your audio is not sent to a third-party modelTranscription runs on our own servers in our own private cloud. Nothing is forwarded to OpenAI or any other vendor's API, which is usually the blocking question when the recordings are customer calls or unreleased material.
One job, every formattxt, json, srt, vtt and docx all come from the same job id. Re-submitting a file per format is the most common way teams pay several times for one transcription.
Built to be retriedIdempotency-Key means an automation platform's automatic retry returns the original job instead of billing a second one. Every no-code platform retries; most transcription APIs charge you for it.

Recipes that use Slack

Cut short-form clips out of a webinar automaticallyThe clips worth posting are buried somewhere in a 60-minute recording and finding them by scrubbing costs…60-min webinar ≈ $0.72Turn recorded calls into searchable notesThe recording exists, the answer is in it, and nobody will scrub an hour to find the ninety seconds that …200 calls a month ≈ $48Write SOPs from how-we-do-it recordingsProcess knowledge lives in someone's screen recording and leaves when they do.…40 recordings ≈ $6.40

Use cases with Slack

The Meet Recordings folder, read instead of rewatchedThe whole folder, then only new callsGoogle Meet recordingsMonths of backed-up calls, searchable for what was agreedBacked-up calls, searchableCall recordings in Google DriveYour Zoom archive in Drive, transcribed without a re-downloadSaved calls, transcribed in placeZoom recordings in Google DriveA year of board meetings, ready for the minutesA year of meetings into minutesBoard meetingsThe training library in Drive, searchable by what is saidA searchable onboarding libraryTraining videos
Try the quality free, then wire it up

In the web app the first 20 minutes are free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest — that is how to check accuracy on your own audio before writing any code. The API has no recurring free tier: without a key you can run 3 sample transcriptions a day, each returning a preview, and keys come with the 5,000-minute pack ($24) or Workspace ($19/month). $24 per 5,000 minutes — about $0.29 an audio hour — and credits never expire.

Transcribe a file free →Create an API keyAPI referenceIntegrationsAutomations
Platform reference: Slack docs ↗

Prefer a web app?

If you would rather upload a file or paste a link: see how to transcribe audio to text online and transcription services from $6.