Transcribe a 100-minute interview Every answer, timestamped.
A 100-minute interview is transcribed in about 3 minutes 20 seconds and uses 100 of the 500 minutes in the $6 pack, so five interviews of that length fit in one pack. A study of 12 such interviews is 1,200 minutes and fits the $12 pack with 800 minutes left, and the first 20 minutes of the first one are free.
One long interview
From recorder file to quotable text.
Recorder files at this length
A handheld recorder set to WAV at 24-bit, 48 kHz stereo writes about 17.3 MB a minute, so 100 minutes is about 1.73 GB, still under the 2 GB allowed before a pack. The same interview as a 128 kbps MP3 is about 96 MB. Files over 500 MB go through the upload page.
Why interviews run 100 minutes
A semi-structured research interview, an oral history session or a long-form profile often runs past the planned hour once the person relaxes. Those last 40 minutes are frequently where the best material is, so a tool that stops at 60 loses it.
Quotes you can cite
Key quotes come back with timestamps, and the interviewer and participant are named in the summary, quotes and chapters. Check a line against the recording by jumping to its timestamp before it goes into a thesis chapter or an article.
Material for analysis
The brief states the main themes, chapters split the interview by topic, and names, places, numbers and dates mentioned are listed. The DOCX goes into your coding software or a shared folder, and the chat finds where a theme came up.
Long interviews
Where 100-minute interviews lose time.
✗ Typing it yourself
Transcribing an interview by hand commonly takes several times its length, so 100 minutes can eat a working day.
- A day of typing per interview
- Pauses and restarts on a foot pedal
- An hour limit that drops the ending
- A 25 MB API limit a WAV passes easily
- Quotes chosen before the text exists
- No record of where each quote sits
✓ An interview ready to work with
The full conversation as text, with the quotes and topics already pulled out.
- Interview text in about 3 min 20 s
- Quotes with timestamps
- Topics as chapters
- DOCX for coding software
- Names and dates listed
- One fifth of a $6 pack
Sample output
The middle of a 100-minute research interview.
Illustrative excerpt, not a real participant. Identifying details are left generic.
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
- Unlimited AI chat per 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
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
100-minute interviews, answered.
How long does a 100-minute interview take to transcribe?
About 3 minutes 20 seconds once the upload is done. A 1.7 GB WAV takes longer to upload than to transcribe on most connections; an MP3 of the same interview is up in a minute or so.
What does a 100-minute interview cost, and what about a full study?
The $6 pack (500 minutes) covers five interviews of 100 minutes. Twelve interviews is 1,200 minutes, which fits the $12 pack (2,000 minutes) with 800 minutes left for follow-ups. The first 20 minutes are free for a first-time visitor, and credits never expire, so fieldwork can stretch over months.
Will a high-quality WAV upload?
Yes. Files up to 5 GB are accepted, and before the first pack the limit is 2 GB, which a 100-minute 24-bit WAV at about 1.73 GB fits under. A longer interview in that format can pass 2 GB; it starts once a pack is on the account.
The recorder split the interview into files. Do I join them?
No. Many recorders start a new file at a set size; upload the parts one after the other and each comes back with its own timestamps. If you need one document, combine the DOCX exports.
Can it transcribe interviews in other languages?
Yes, 99 languages are detected automatically, and an interview that moves between English and Tagalog is handled. For Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray and other regional Philippine languages, accuracy trails the major ones: take the result as a fast first draft and plan one review pass before quoting.
Which exports come back, and is the interview kept confidential?
The interview exports as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Recorded interviews are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
Related
More for long interviews.
A 100-minute interview. Quotable in about three minutes.
Upload the interviewOperated by Neugence Technology Pvt. Ltd. · contact@whipscribe.com · Security · Privacy · Terms