Transcribe long recordings in Google Cloud Storage a bucket is not a Drive folder, so download first.
To transcribe a recording in a Google Cloud Storage bucket, download the object from the Cloud console or copy it with gcloud storage cp, then upload the file here; a 2.5-hour webinar comes back as text in about 5 minutes. Its 150 minutes fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes, and thirty 75-minute webinars, 2,250 minutes, fit the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes.
Same company, different product
Google Drive links we can fetch. Cloud Storage buckets we cannot.
Drive and GCS are not the same
A Google Drive share link pastes straight into WhipScribe and the file is fetched for you. A Cloud Storage object, even a public one at storage.googleapis.com, is not one of the links we take. If the recording also lives in Drive, paste that link; otherwise download it from the bucket.
Downloading from a bucket
In the Cloud console, open the bucket, find the object and use its download option. From a terminal, gcloud storage cp gs://your-bucket/webinar.mp4 . copies it down, and the same command with a folder path and the recursive flag copies many at once.
Uploading the copy
Webinar exports are usually MP4 with an audio track, which goes up as it is. Files up to 500 MB fit the box above; a bigger one continues on the upload page, still within 10 hours or 5 GB.
A backlog of webinars
Thirty webinars of 75 minutes come to 2,250 minutes. That is just past the $12 pack, so the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes is the right buy, with 2,750 minutes left for a year of new sessions.
Where webinar archives stall
Each webinar was recorded. None of them can be quoted.
✗ Replays sitting in a bucket
Video objects that only an engineer knows how to reach.
- A bucket path instead of a title
- Marketing waits on someone with console access
- Audience questions lost inside the video
- Captions never made for the replay page
- Short-clip tools that refuse a 2-hour file
- A monthly plan for a backlog you clear once
✓ Replays with text
Download, upload, and every webinar has a brief and captions.
- 150 minutes back in about 5 minutes
- The questions the session answered, listed
- SRT and VTT for the replay player
- Chapters for the show notes
- 2,250 minutes inside one $24 pack
- Credits carried to next quarter
Sample
A recorded product webinar, downloaded from a Cloud Storage bucket.
Illustrative lines written for this page, not a real webinar.
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
- AI chat over the whole 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
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Cloud Storage recordings, answered.
Can I paste a gs:// path or a storage.googleapis.com link?
No. Those are not links WhipScribe fetches. Google Drive share links are, along with YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Kick and podcast feeds. For a bucket, download the object and upload it.
How long does a 2.5-hour webinar take?
About 5 minutes after the upload completes, at about 2 minutes per hour of audio. A full 10-hour file takes around 20 minutes.
How should I price a year of webinars?
Add the minutes. Thirty 75-minute webinars, 2,250 minutes, fit the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes. Twelve monthly webinars of 90 minutes, 1,080 minutes, fit the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
What about objects over 2 GB?
Before the first pack, uploads stop at 2 GB; after it, files up to 5 GB or 10 hours go up. Anything longer than 10 hours is split into two files.
Is the first part free?
The first 20 minutes are free for anyone transcribing here for the first time. A recording that long transcribes in full; a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 transcribes the rest from where the preview ended.
What happens to the recordings after upload?
Uploaded webinars are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. Delete them from your Library whenever you want; the originals stay in your bucket.
Related
Buckets, drives and webinars
Download it from the bucket. A 2.5-hour webinar reads in about five minutes.
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