How do you find a quote in a long recording? Make it text, then search the text.
Transcribe the recording, then search the transcript for a word you remember or ask the chat where the point was made; the timestamp on the line takes you to the exact second in the audio. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
A sentence somewhere in five hours
Four ways to get to it.
Search for a word you remember
Open the transcript and use your browser's find (Ctrl+F or Cmd+F), or download the DOCX and search it in Word. Try an unusual word rather than a common one; a name, a number or a phrase like "never again" narrows five hours to a few lines.
Ask the chat when you only remember the gist
If you recall the idea but not the wording, ask the chat: "Where does she talk about moving the deadline?" It answers from the transcript and points to the passage, which you can then read in full with its timestamp.
Check the key quotes
The summary already pulls out the key quotes of the recording, with the speakers named. When the line you want was one of the memorable ones, it is often sitting there before you search at all.
Confirm against the audio
Every line has a timestamp, so before you quote anyone, jump to that time in your player and listen. That catches a misheard word and lets you hear the tone. A recording too big to upload as video can go through the upload page as its audio.
Scrubbing for a quote
How the search usually goes.
✗ Listening for it
Without text, finding one sentence means replaying hours you have already heard.
- Dragging the playhead back and forth
- Notes that say "somewhere after lunch"
- Listening at double speed and missing it
- Quoting from memory and getting it wrong
- No way to search for a name
- An afternoon gone for one line
✓ Reading for it
Five hours of speech becomes text you can search, ask and cite.
- Find a word in seconds
- Ask the chat for the gist
- Key quotes in the summary
- Timestamps to confirm the words
- About ten minutes for five hours
- Export the passage as DOCX
Sample output
The passage a search for "deadline" lands on.
An invented passage for illustration. The timestamp on each line is the point to cue the audio to.
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 $4 (300 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
$4/300 min
5 hours of audio — $0.80 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 300 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$18/3,000 min
50 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 3,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$32/6,000 min
100 hours of audio — $0.32 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 6,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Finding quotes, answered.
How do I find a specific quote in a long recording?
Get a transcript first, then search it. A word search finds exact phrases; the chat finds the moment when you only remember what was meant. Either way the line's timestamp lets you listen to the original before you quote it.
How long before a 5-hour recording is searchable?
About 10 minutes once it has arrived, at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio. An audio file uploads fast; a large video file is quicker to send as its audio track. Links from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Kick, Google Drive or a podcast feed are fetched without an upload.
What does it cost to search a 5-hour file?
Five hours is 300 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes. A pack is a one-time payment, and its credits never expire.
Can I see who said the quote?
Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters. For a line found by search, read the surrounding passage and listen at the timestamp to confirm the voice before attributing it.
Is the transcript exact enough to quote?
It is close to the spoken words, but always confirm a quotation against the audio, especially names, numbers and anything said over noise. For legal or official use, this is an AI transcript to work from, not a certified transcript and not legal advice.
Which exports are best for quoting, and is the audio private?
DOCX keeps the timestamps and opens in Word for highlighting; TXT pastes cleanly; JSON suits scripts. Quoted or not, a recording is transcribed on our own servers and never used for training.
Related
Related answers about long transcripts.
The quote is in there. Search for it in text, not in audio.
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