Transcribe an Afrikaans church service the sermon in Afrikaans text.
An Afrikaans church service in South Africa usually runs 90 to 120 minutes, and a 2-hour service comes back here as Afrikaans text in about 4 minutes, with the singing left out and the sermon in its own chapter. The first 20 minutes are free, and four 2-hour services, 480 minutes, fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes.
For congregations and media teams
Sunday's preek, ready to read on Monday morning.
Livestream link or file
If the service streams to YouTube, paste the link of the replay and nothing needs uploading. A recording from the sound desk or a phone goes in as one file, up to 10 hours or 5 GB, on upload page.
Sermon, prayers, notices
The welcome, the Scripture reading, the sermon, the prayers and the announcements become chapters with timestamps, so the sermon can be shared on its own.
Verses and notices listed
Scripture references read aloud, dates of church events and names in the announcements are collected beside the text, which saves the newsletter editor a listen.
Speech, not the singing
Hymns, songs and organ music are not transcribed; the preaching, readings and prayers are. The text stays the length of what was said, not what was sung.
Why sermons are hard to share
The preek lives on a two-hour video that few people replay.
✗ A sermon kept only as video
Hard to quote, hard to find, hard to share.
- Two hours to scroll for one passage
- No text for members who read
- Captions missing on the replay
- Tools that treat Afrikaans as Dutch
- Uploads refused at this length
- A monthly fee for weekly services
✓ A sermon as Afrikaans text
Readable, searchable, shareable.
- Two hours back in about 4 minutes
- YouTube replays pasted as links
- The sermon in its own chapter
- Preacher named in the summary
- Verses and notices listed
- A year of Sundays on one pack
Sample
An Afrikaans service, as it comes back.
This sample is illustrative and was written for the page; it is not from any real congregation, minister or service. Labels mark parts of the service.
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
Afrikaans service recordings, the common questions.
How long does a 2-hour service take?
About 4 minutes, and a 90-minute service about 3. The transcript waits in your Library if you leave the page. A media volunteer can upload after the service and post the sermon text the same afternoon.
What does a year of Sunday services cost?
Fifty-two services of 90 minutes come to 4,680 minutes, which fits the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes. Four 2-hour services, 480 minutes, fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes. Prices are in US dollars, and unused minutes carry over. Midweek Bible studies and funerals can share the same pack as Sunday services.
Do we need to choose Afrikaans?
No. Afrikaans is among the 99 languages detected automatically. Scripture references and family names in the notices are worth one read before the text is published. Visiting preachers who greet the congregation in English before switching to Afrikaans are handled the same way, and a quick read of the opening minutes is enough.
Part of the service is in English. Is that handled?
The service is detected on its main language, Afrikaans, and English passages such as a guest's greeting are handled inside the same transcript. Plan one read before printing the text in the newsletter, the way you would proofread any notice.
What is the size limit for the service video?
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file, with uploads over 2 GB starting once a pack is on the account. Pasting the YouTube link avoids the upload. If the YouTube replay is set to private, make it unlisted or download the file and upload it instead.
Which formats come out, and is the recording private?
Media teams usually take SRT or VTT for the replay and DOCX for the newsletter; TXT and JSON are also available. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
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