Transcribe Ilocano thesis interviews for the appendix.
An Ilocano thesis interview of 45 to 120 minutes becomes text at about 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a two-hour interview is ready in about 4 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, a $6 pack of 500 minutes covers several interviews, and fifteen one-hour interviews fit the $12 pack of 2,000. The Ilocano answers are a fast first draft that need one review pass before they go into the appendix.
From interview to appendix
Your respondents' words, typed out so you can analyse them.
Interviews as they happen
Respondents in Ilocos, La Union, Pangasinan or Cagayan Valley answer in Ilocano, switch to Filipino or English for a term, and go back. No language is chosen beforehand. Each answer stays in the language it was given; nothing is translated, so your own translation in the appendix stays yours. Record close to the respondent, on a phone set face up on the table, and the draft needs fewer corrections.
A draft, then your review
Ilocano is supported, and the accuracy trails the major languages. Plan one review pass with the audio open: click a line to hear that moment, correct names and local terms, and the verbatim text is ready for the appendix.
Coding starts sooner
The brief lists the themes each respondent raised, the key quotes carry timestamps, and the chat answers questions about one interview. That gives your coding a head start, though the analysis remains your own.
The cost of a whole study
Fifteen one-hour interviews are 900 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000 with room for follow-ups. A handful of interviews fits the $6 pack of 500. The credits never expire across semesters.
Why transcription stalls a thesis
Typing one hour of Ilocano interview can take most of a day.
✗ Transcribing by hand
Researchers type every interview themselves, rewinding every few seconds, and the analysis waits.
- Most of a day per hour of audio
- Rewinding every few seconds
- Respondents' terms half heard
- A free tool that stops at 30 minutes
- No timestamps for quoted lines
- Chapter four delayed by weeks
✓ Reviewing a draft
Upload each interview the day it is recorded and spend your time on the review pass.
- A two-hour interview in about 4 minutes
- Ilocano kept as answered
- Click any line to hear it
- Timestamps for every quote
- DOCX ready for the appendix
- Themes listed in the brief
Sample
A thesis interview in Ilocano and English.
This sample is illustrative. It was written for this page and does not come from any real respondent or study.
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
Thesis interviews, answered.
How long does one interview take?
About 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a 45-minute interview takes under 2 minutes and a two-hour one about 4. The transcript waits in your Library. Upload each interview the same day while the conversation is fresh, and the review pass goes faster.
What do all my interviews cost?
Fifteen one-hour interviews are 900 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000. Up to about eight one-hour interviews fit the $6 pack of 500. A first-time visitor gets the first 20 minutes free, which is enough to judge one interview's quality.
How accurate is Ilocano?
Ilocano is supported, and its accuracy is lower than for English or Filipino. Use the transcript as a fast first draft and review it once against the audio. Expect to correct names, place names and local terms.
Will the recording upload, and does it need splitting?
Phone recordings of an interview are far below the 2 GB that uploads before a first pack. One file can run up to 10 hours, so no interview needs splitting.
Can I use it verbatim in my appendix?
Yes, after your review pass. Export DOCX, check each answer against the audio, and keep your own translation beside it if your adviser asks for one. Interviewer and respondent are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Who can see my respondents' interviews?
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. You can delete each interview and its transcript at any time. Interviews export to TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON.
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