Transcribe a 3-hour graduation ceremony every address, in order.
A 3-hour graduation ceremony is 180 minutes of addresses, awards and the reading of names, and it comes back as text in about 6 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and the $6 pack of 500 minutes transcribes the rest with 320 minutes left.
One ceremony
The speeches from the day, as text for the people who were there and the ones who were not.
Roughly six minutes for the whole ceremony
180 minutes of ceremony takes about 6 minutes at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour. Most ceremonies are streamed, so paste the YouTube or Vimeo replay link; nothing needs downloading.
Addresses as chapters
The welcome, the guest address, the student speaker, the awards and the closing remarks each become a chapter with a start time. The speakers are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters, so a family can go straight to the speech they came for.
The reading of names
The longest part of most ceremonies is the names, read one after another. They are transcribed as spoken, and unusual spellings can come out differently, so check a name against the programme before you print it. Applause and processional music are not transcribed.
Captions for the video, a record for the archive
Attach SRT or VTT captions to the posted ceremony video so it can be followed without sound. Keep the DOCX as a record of the addresses, and use the brief's takeaways for a newsletter or alumni page.
Why ceremony recordings sit unwatched
Three hours of video, and the speech you want is somewhere in it.
✗ A replay and nothing else
The ceremony is posted as one long video with no text and no way to find a speech.
- Scrubbing for the student speaker
- Auto captions on the processional music
- No accessible version for the posted video
- Transcription that quits after sixty minutes
- Speech quotes retyped for the newsletter
- A large camera file that will not upload
✓ The ceremony as text
Every address comes back in order with its timestamp, ready for captions and quotes.
- Roughly 6 minutes for the ceremony
- Addresses as chapters
- Music and applause left out
- Captions for the posted video
- Quotes ready for the newsletter
- The $6 pack keeps 320 minutes for later
Sample
Parts of a 3-hour ceremony, as they come back.
This sample is illustrative and was written for this page, not taken from a real ceremony. Timestamps run from the start of the livestream.
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
A 3-hour graduation ceremony, the common questions.
How long does a 3-hour ceremony take to transcribe?
Around 6 minutes; every audio hour takes roughly 2. A replay link starts as soon as it is fetched, and the transcript waits in your Library if you leave.
How much is a 3-hour ceremony on a pack?
It fits the $6 pack of 500 minutes, with 320 left. First-time visitors read the first 20 minutes free, and a pack carries on with the ceremony from that point. A school recording several ceremonies in one season may prefer the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
How big is the ceremony video?
A downloaded livestream of three hours is often 1.5 to 5 GB depending on resolution, and a camera original can be larger. Up to 2 GB uploads before a pack and up to 5 GB after one; past that, use the link or upload the audio, which is about 170 MB for three hours.
Will the graduates' names be spelled correctly?
Names are transcribed as they are spoken, and common names usually come out well. Unusual names and spellings can differ from the programme, so treat the list as a draft and check it before printing.
Which languages work?
Language detection covers 99 languages and needs no setting. A ceremony held mainly in one language with an address or a prayer in another is detected on its main language, so read the other-language passages against the video.
Which exports come out, and is the video private?
Choose TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
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