Transcribe Ilocano barangay and LGU sessions as a start for the minutes.
A 3-hour Ilocano barangay or municipal session becomes text in about 6 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio. The first 20 minutes are free for a first-time visitor, the $6 pack of 500 minutes transcribes the remaining 160, and a year of two 3-hour sessions a month, 4,320 minutes, fits the $24 pack of 5,000.
From the session hall to the minutes
The session runs for hours. The secretary has to account for every motion in it.
Recorded on whatever is at hand
Sessions are often recorded on a phone at the presiding officer's table, a small recorder, or the camera used for a Facebook Live. A phone or recorder file uploads directly; a Facebook replay is downloaded first. Place the recorder near the speakers rather than at the back of the hall.
Ilocano, honestly described
Ilocano is supported, but its accuracy trails English and Tagalog. Use the transcript of the Ilocano debate as a fast first draft and plan one review pass with the audio, fixing names of sitios, persons and local terms. English and Tagalog passages, such as a reading of an ordinance, come back cleanly.
What the secretary starts from
The brief lists the matters taken up and the takeaways; the chapters follow the order of business; and the names, amounts and dates said aloud are pulled out, so a resolution's figures can be checked. Members who spoke are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
A working draft, not the record
The transcript is a working text for preparing minutes. It is not an official or certified record of the session, and the minutes still go through your own approval as usual. Keep the original recording with the approved minutes.
Why session minutes run late
Three hours of debate, and one secretary replaying it at home.
✗ Minutes from replay
The secretary rewinds the recording to catch who moved and who seconded.
- Three hours of audio to replay
- Motions missed in crosstalk
- Amounts checked by rewinding
- Notes in three languages
- Minutes ready days later
- Residents asking what was decided
✓ Minutes from a draft
The session comes back as text with times, and the review goes line by line.
- Three hours of session, about 6 minutes
- Twenty minutes free on a first visit
- Order of business as chapters
- Names, amounts and dates listed
- Click a line to hear it again
- DOCX ready for editing
Sample
A barangay session in Ilocano and English.
This sample is illustrative. It was written for this page, and no real barangay, official or session is shown.
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
Ilocano sessions, the common questions.
How long does a three-hour session take?
Allow about 6 minutes from the end of the upload. A two-hour committee hearing takes about 4. The transcript stays in the account until you delete it.
What does a council's year of sessions cost?
If your council meets twice a month for three hours, that is 24 sessions and 4,320 minutes a year, which fits the $24 pack of 5,000. A single session, 180 minutes, fits the $6 pack of 500. Prices are quoted in US dollars, and unused credits stay on the account.
Does the session need to be split?
No. One file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB, so even a long budget hearing goes up whole. Uploads before a first pack go up to 2 GB; a bigger file starts once a pack is on the account.
Can we use the transcript as the official minutes?
Use it to prepare them. It is not an official or certified record, and it does not replace your approval of the minutes. The secretary reviews the draft, writes the minutes and keeps the recording.
Which languages does it handle in one session?
Tagalog and English are detected automatically, and switches between them are handled. Ilocano is supported and gets the review pass. When a session changes language, it is detected on the language spoken most.
Is the recording of a public session kept private?
It stays in your account, is transcribed on our own servers and is never used for training; delete it whenever you are done. Export DOCX for the minutes, TXT for posting, SRT or VTT for a replay, or JSON.
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