Does AI transcription work on long recordings? Yes, up to 10 hours per file.
Yes: one file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and long recordings are transcribed at about 2 minutes per audio hour, so a 6-hour file is ready in about 12 minutes; the public proof page shows 9.31 hours finished in 1,033 seconds. The first 20 minutes are free, anything up to 500 minutes fits the $6 pack, and a full 10-hour day (600 minutes) is covered by the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
Built for length
What changes when the recording is hours long.
Why long files used to fail
Many tools stop at a size or length meant for short clips; the OpenAI Whisper API, for example, documents a 25 MB upload limit, about 26 minutes of a 128 kbps MP3. Long recordings then had to be chopped, sent piece by piece and stitched back.
One file, one transcript
Here a recording of several hours goes up as recorded, from this page or the upload page, and comes back as one transcript with one running clock. Nothing to cut and nothing to merge.
Speed that holds over hours
Processing runs near 2 minutes per hour of audio whether the file is one hour or nine. The 9.31-hour public run took 1,033 seconds, a little over 17 minutes, and you can read the numbers on the proof page.
Help reading hours of text
A long transcript is only useful if you can find things in it. The brief gives thesis and takeaways, chapters mark each topic with a timestamp, and a chat answers questions about the whole recording.
Short-clip tools versus long files
What long recordings ran into before.
✗ Designed around short clips
Long recordings worked only after someone did the slicing by hand.
- 25 MB or one-hour ceilings
- Recordings cut into a dozen parts
- Timestamps restarting in each part
- Sentences broken at every cut
- Hours of text with no outline
- Per-minute prices that add up fast
✓ Designed around long files
The length is the normal case, so a whole day is one job.
- A ten-hour day as a single upload
- About 2 minutes per audio hour
- One clock across the recording
- Chapters and a brief for navigation
- Figures, names and dates collected
- 500 minutes for $6 when you need more
Sample output
Six hours into a recorded workshop.
Illustrative lines written for this page; they are not from a real workshop.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Long recordings, answered.
What is the longest file I can send?
Ten hours or 5 GB, whichever you hit first; before a first pack the upload ceiling is 2 GB, and anything heavier waits until a pack is on the account.
What if my recording is longer than 10 hours?
Upload it as two files, split at a break. Each part becomes its own transcript, and its timestamps start at zero.
Does quality drop toward the end of a long file?
Length itself is not the issue; the audio is. A clear recording reads as well at hour nine as at minute one, while distance from the microphone, overlapping voices and loud background sound matter at any point. Plan a quick check of names and figures using the timestamps.
Can I paste a link to a long stream or video?
Yes for YouTube (including live replays), Twitch and Kick VODs, Vimeo, Google Drive and podcast RSS. Stream recordings over 6 hours start once a pack is on the account. Other platforms: download the recording, then upload it.
How much does a long recording cost?
Minutes follow the audio length. A 4-hour file is 240 minutes on the $6 pack (500 minutes); a 10-hour file is 600 minutes on the $12 pack (2,000 minutes). The first 20 minutes are free, and credits never expire.
Are speakers identified across a long recording?
Yes: the summary, key quotes and chapters identify and name them, even hours apart. Long files are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
Related
Related questions about long recordings.
Hours of audio. Minutes to text.
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