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A long audio transcription app in the browser: 10-hour, 5 GB files, about 2 minutes per hour, nothing to install.

Yes: three hours of Zoom is 180 minutes, one file, about six minutes to text, on the $4 pack with 120 minutes left.

Yes: 4 GB is under the 5 GB limit; it starts once a pack is on the account, or export the audio to try it free.

Yes: five hours is 300 minutes, one file, about ten minutes to text, on the $4 pack with 0 minutes left.

A DVD has to become a file first: rip or convert the title to MP4 or MP3, then upload. One file up to 10 h or 5 GB.

Yes: share the folder by link and every recording inside comes back as its own transcript, up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.

Play the MiniDisc into a computer, or transfer it where your model allows, save it as MP3 or WAV, and upload.

Yes: paste the VOD link; up to 10 hours per file, starting once a pack is on. 8 hours is 480 minutes, the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes.

Capture the VHS tape to a file with a VCR and a USB capture device, keep the audio if words are all you need, then upload.

Yes: paste the link. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

A USB voice recorder shows up as a drive; copy the MP3 or WAV to your computer and upload it. Up to 10 h or 5 GB per file.

Yes: the main language is detected for you and English terms inside it are kept; long blocks in each language work best as two files.

Copy the recording from the SD card to your computer or phone, then upload; one file up to 10 h or 5 GB, about 2 minutes per audio hour.

Yes: an MP4 goes in exactly as it is, up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and the speech is read from its own audio track.

Play the cassette into a computer and save it as MP3 or WAV, then upload; a C90 is 90 minutes and text in about 3.

Can you try transcription before paying? Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Yes: videos up to 5 GB and 10 hours upload, and a large file starts with or without a pack.

No: packs are one-time, minutes never expire and there is no subscription: $4 for 300, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000.

Yes: one file up to 10 hours or 5 GB, about 2 minutes per audio hour; a public 9.31-hour run finished in 1,033 seconds.

Yes, in the summary, key quotes and chapters, where speakers are named; the full transcript is timestamped text.

Yes, when the voices sit above the noise: speech is transcribed, while music, effects and crowd noise are left out.

A 1-hour CD-quality WAV is about 635 MB; 48 kHz 24-bit stereo is about 1.04 GB; a mono voice WAV is about 115 MB.

An hour of iPhone video is roughly 3.6 GB at 1080p 30 fps and about 10 GB at 4K 30 fps; send the audio when it is over 5 GB.

A 2-hour MP3 is about 115 MB at 128 kbps and 288 MB at 320; any bitrate uploads whole and is text in about four minutes.

A 2-hour Zoom MP4 is usually a few hundred MB to about 1 GB; the audio-only M4A is often under 100 MB.

A 3-hour MP4 runs about 1.3 to 7 GB by bitrate; one file up to 5 GB or 10 hours goes in whole.

An 8-hour MP3 is about 461 MB at 128 kbps and 1.15 GB at 320 kbps; it uploads whole and is text in about 16 minutes.

Paste the YouTube replay of the service: a 2-hour livestream is text in about 4 minutes, on the $4 pack of 300 minutes.

A 4-hour council meeting video is 240 minutes: paste the YouTube link, text in about 8 minutes, on the $4 pack.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

On Android, open whipscribe.com in Chrome, pick the recording or paste a link; a 2-hour memo is ready in about 4 minutes.

On a Chromebook, upload from the Files app or paste a Drive link; a 3-hour seminar is ready in about 6 minutes.

On a Mac, drag the M4A, MOV or MP4 from Finder into the browser; a 4-hour workshop is text in about 8 minutes.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

A 90-minute webinar replay is text in about 3 minutes; a year of monthly sessions, 1,080 minutes, fits the $18 pack.

Upload a copy of the recording, keep the original untouched, and use the timestamped working transcript to cite back to the audio.

Fifteen 75-minute thesis interviews are 1,125 minutes: about 2.5 minutes each, all on the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes.

Gather the tapes, discs and phone files, digitise what is not yet a file, upload each one; 25 hours of family audio fits the $18 pack.

Transcribe the recording to find the exact moment, then put that time in the citation: a 1-hour recording is searchable in about 2 minutes.

Compress only when a file passes 5 GB: mono 64 kbps audio is about 29 MB an hour.

Transcribe it, then search the text or ask the chat: a 5-hour recording is searchable in about 10 minutes, $4 pack.

Download the transcript as DOCX, then save it as a PDF: a 90-minute recording is ready in about 3 minutes, one file up to 10 hours or 5 GB.

Upload the recording and download DOCX: a 2-hour file is ready in about 4 minutes, and the Word file opens in Word, Google Docs or Pages.

Upload the video or paste its link: a 4-hour video comes back with timestamped chapters in about 8 minutes, $4 pack.

Every line carries its own time, several per minute; SRT, VTT and JSON keep them, and a short script spaces them a minute apart.

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Turn three hours into text in about 6 minutes, then search it by word, chapter or question; 180 minutes on the $4 pack.

Upload the 2-hour meeting: about 4 minutes later a brief of decisions and takeaways. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

In Safari on your iPhone, upload the recording from Files or Voice Memos: 4 hours is text in about 8 minutes, $4 pack.

Transcribe each interview, export DOCX or TXT and import it into NVivo as a document: a 60-minute interview is ready in about 2 minutes.

Past 10 hours, cut at a natural break into files of 10 hours or less: 14 hours becomes two 7-hour files, about 28 minutes.

A 3-hour council meeting in about 6 minutes: agenda chapters, motions and figures said, a draft for the clerk to shape into minutes.

Send each long file as its own job, or paste a Drive folder or podcast feed: 30 interviews of 90 minutes fit the $32 pack.

Upload the lecture whole: 2.5 hours is ready in about 5 minutes as a brief, chapters and a transcript to study from.

Paste the RSS feed or upload the episode: a 90-minute show in about 3 minutes, with chapters, guest names and the points worth listing.

A 45-minute sermon becomes a transcript, a thesis, chapters and pull quotes in about 90 seconds, ready to shape into a blog post.

A 75-minute webinar becomes a transcript, a thesis, chapters and the audience questions in about 2.5 minutes.

A 2-hour interview comes back in about 4 minutes with key quotes, speakers named and a timestamp on every line to verify each one.

Google has documented about 8 hours per Meet recording; paste the Drive link. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Microsoft has documented a cap of about 4 hours per Teams recording; a 4-hour MP4 transcribes here in about 8 minutes on the $4 pack.

YouTube lets a stream run for many hours; paste the replay and up to 10 hours per file is transcribed, a 4-hour stream in about 8 minutes.

As long as the meeting your plan allows; here, one Zoom file up to 10 hours or 5 GB is transcribed, a 3-hour one in about 6 minutes.

No fixed cap: free storage and battery decide. Here a memo up to 10 hours or 5 GB is transcribed; 3 hours takes about 6 minutes.

One hour of audio takes about 2 minutes to transcribe here, against roughly 4 hours typing it by hand.

Ten hours of audio takes about 20 minutes as one file; 9.31 hours finished in 1,033 seconds on record.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Two hours of audio takes about 4 minutes to transcribe; 120 minutes fit the $4 pack of 300 minutes.

Five hours of audio takes about 10 minutes as one file. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Eight hours of audio takes about 16 minutes as one file; 480 minutes just fit the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes.

Often about a week, longer for some accounts; paste the VOD link before it expires. 5 hours is text in about 10 minutes on the $4 pack.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

5 GB is about 87 hours of 128 kbps MP3, under 8 hours of CD-quality WAV, and well under 2 hours of 1080p phone video.

One course meeting 150 minutes a week for 15 weeks is about 2,250 minutes; a four-course load is near 9,000.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

A 2-hour interview costs $4: 120 minutes on the $4 pack of 300, back in about 4 minutes, free preview of the opening minutes.

A 3-hour lecture costs $4: 180 minutes on the $4 pack of 300, ready in about 6 minutes, free preview of the opening minutes.

An 8-hour single-track day is 480 minutes, the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes; two parallel tracks are 960 minutes on the $18 pack.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

52 sermons of 35 minutes is 1,820 minutes, the $18 pack; whole 90-minute services all year fit the $32 pack.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Check a long transcript by clicking a line to hear it: search names, skip 10 seconds, and verify what you will quote.

A long transcript as one Word document: DOCX with timestamps in the text, for recordings up to 10 hours.

One SRT for a video up to 10 hours, cues on the video's own clock, about 2 minutes per hour of footage.

Share a long transcript as a link to the transcript page or as a DOCX: one recording up to 10 hours, no seat fee.

A 2-hour lecture for free? The opening minutes are a free preview. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Upload one file if one language leads; split long French and English blocks. A 2-hour meeting is 120 minutes on the $4 pack.

Upload one file if Hebrew leads; split long stretches of each language. A 90-minute meeting uses 90 of 300 minutes on the $4 pack.

Upload the recording; Japanese is detected on its own. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Upload the file or paste a YouTube link: Korean is detected, English terms handled. A 3-hour lecture is 180 minutes on the $4 pack.

Paste the YouTube replay or upload the file; Spanish is detected. A 50-minute sermon takes under 2 minutes; a year fits the $32 pack.

Upload the interview; Swedish is detected automatically. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Download the Teams MP4 from the channel's SharePoint folder and upload it; 3 hours is text in about 6 minutes.

Paste a YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Kick, Drive or RSS link instead of downloading: up to 10 hours a file.

Download the video from Dropbox, or copy it from your synced folder, and upload it; 2 hours is text in about 4 minutes.

Download the video from OneDrive or your synced folder and upload it; a 4-hour video is text in about 8 minutes.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Upload it as one file: Tagalog is detected and the English inside Taglish speech is handled. A 3-hour class is 180 minutes on $4.

Upload it with no setting: the language is detected from 99, accented speech is transcribed as speech. Test a free preview of the opening minutes.

Upload it as one file: speakers are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters. A 3-hour panel is 180 minutes on the $4 pack.

Upload it as it is: the speech is transcribed, the music is not. Trim long song breaks to save minutes; free preview of the opening minutes.

Upload the original, test the worst stretch in the free preview, fix only what blocks the voices. No surcharge for bad sound.

Upload the service or paste the stream link; Afrikaans is detected. A 2-hour service takes about 4 minutes. Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

No. Long recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any model.

Yes: one file can run 10 hours or 5 GB, whichever comes first; a longer recording goes in as two files.

Pay once by the minute: $4 for 300, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000. No subscription, credits never expire.

Usually not: a video up to 10 hours or 5 GB transcribes as it is. Convert only for size, or a slow upload.

Should you split long audio? Not below 10 hours or 5 GB: one file keeps one clock, about 2 minutes per audio hour.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Ten hours is 600 minutes: one $18 pack covers it with 2,400 minutes left, no subscription and no expiry.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

A 5-hour meeting as one file: about 10 minutes, 300 minutes from the $4 pack, chapters per agenda item.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

A long recording in two languages: detected on its main language, English and Tagalog switches handled, up to 10 h a file.

Long iPhone Voice Memos: share the M4A, upload it whole, about 4 minutes for a 2-hour memo, free preview of the opening minutes.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Transcribe and summarize a long recording in one upload: a 3-hour file in about 6 minutes, with brief, chapters and figures said.

Audio past the one-hour mark goes in as one file, up to 10 hours or 5 GB, at about 2 minutes per hour.

Packs from $4 for 300 minutes

Long WhatsApp voice notes: save each note as audio, upload or share a Drive folder, free preview of the opening minutes.

Long audio in Spanish, Japanese, Korean or 96 other languages: detected without a setting, about 2 min per hour, up to 10 h a file.

Transcribe a long recording from your phone's browser: pick the file or paste a link, up to 10 h a file, about 2 min per hour.

Long audio transcribed on our own servers, never used for training, deletable any time: up to 10 h a file, about 2 min per hour.

Long audio with a timestamp on every line, one clock to the end of a 10-hour file, chapters with start times.

Start a long recording without creating an account: a free preview of the opening minutes, then sign in with an email to keep it and finish it.

Transcription with no subscription: one-time packs from $4, credits that never expire, nothing renews.

A 3-hour lecture becomes notes in about 6 minutes: transcript, brief, chapters per topic and the figures said.

A 2-hour meeting becomes draft minutes in about 4 minutes: takeaways, agenda chapters, figures said, and a chat for decisions.

Compressed audio such as M4A or MP3 at 64 to 128 kbps: clear speech, small files, far under the 2 GB and 5 GB lines.

Over 10 hours? Cut it into two files at a pause; a 14-hour day takes about 28 minutes and fits the $18 pack.

After transcription your recording sits in your library with its transcript; delete either at any time, never used for training.

For a long Zoom recording, upload the audio-only M4A: same speech, a fraction of the MP4's size, well under 2 GB.

10 hours in one file (or 5 GB if that comes first); a public run shows 9.31 hours done in 1,033 seconds.

5 GB per file, and 10 hours of running time, whichever comes first; the same before an account's first pack.

Add up your minutes: up to 300 is the $4 pack, up to 3,000 the $18 pack, up to 6,000 the $32 pack. Credits never expire.

Most long uploads fail on size (over 5 GB), on length (10 hours) or on a connection that drops.

The Whisper API caps each request at 25 MB, about 26 minutes of 128 kbps MP3; WhipScribe takes one file up to 5 GB.

Zoom's MP4 carries video, shared screens and sometimes extra views; the audio-only M4A is a fraction of the size and transcribes the same.

Cameras and recorders cut long recordings at a file-size or time limit; upload each part, or join them into one file up to 10 h or 5 GB.

An hour cut-off comes from an app limit, a recorder that split the file, or a preview that ended; here one file runs to 10 hours.